A Wilmington man wanted in connection with a shooting death in January was arrested Wednesday in Georgia.
Adron Whitted, 22, was arrested in Douglasville, Ga., and charged with first-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Raequan Dupree Rouse, who died in a shooting on North 10th Street on Jan. 19, according to Wilmington Police Department Spokeswoman Linda Rawley.
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Whitted is the third murder suspect arrested in the case. Police previously arrested and charged 18-year-old Torrence Burns and 16-year-old Dominque Gibbs in connection with Rouse’s death.
Ziy’Kerra Lemon, 17, was also charged with accessory after the fact of murder in the case.
“Whitted made his first appearance in a Georgia courtroom this morning and waived extradition to Wilmington,” Rawley said.
Whitted also faces charges of attempted murder and firing into an occupied dwelling.
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