May 20, 2013

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UPDATE: 2 Charged With Murder After Fatal Shooting Near NC State

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Police in Raleigh have arrested two people in the shooting death of a man at an apartment complex near North Carolina State University.

Officers were called to the apartment around 12:30 a.m. Monday.

Police spokesman Jim Sughrue says the victim was 29-year-old Monkeith Alexander Tennessee and investigators don't think the shooting was a random attack.

Later Monday, police arrested 21-year-old Quamir Rogers and 27-year-old Twanisha Stewart and charged them with murder. A motive for the killing has not been released. It wasn't clear if the suspects had lawyers.

Campus police issued an alert about 30 minutes after the shooting.

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Police in Raleigh are investigating the shooting death of a man at an apartment complex near North Carolina State University.

Officers were called to the apartment around 12:30 a.m. Monday.

Police spokesman Jim Sughrue says the victim was 29-year-old Monkeith Alexander Tennessee. It was unclear if Tennessee lived in the complex.

Sughrue says investigators do not think the shooting was a random attack.

Campus police issued an alert about 30 minutes after the shooting. The alert said there are three suspects, two men and a woman. No arrests have been reported.


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