Officers with the Wilmington Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Task Force have arrested a third suspect in connection with shooting at a teen who was riding his bicycle in the Creekwood Community last month.
Wakeel Rasheed Stewart, 18, of Wilmington, was arrested at 3 p.m. Friday at a home in the 300 block of Pine Valley Drive, according to Wilmington Police Department Spokeswoman Linda Rawley.
Stewart, along with 24-year-old Kolton Thompson and 17-year-old Daiquan Jacobs, are charged in connection with firing several gunshots at a teen who was riding his bike in the area of East Stewart Circle and Spaulding Drive in the Creekwood Community on Oct. 17.
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The victim was not injured.
Thompson, of Wilmington, and Jacobs, of Castle Hayne, were arrested last month and are facing several charges, including attempted first-degree murder.
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Stewart has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, felony conspiracy, six counts of failure to appear on a misdemeanor and two counts of felony probation violation.
He is being held at the New Hanover County Detention Facility under a $1,050,500 secured bond.
