Detectives with the Wilmington Police Department have arrested a man in connection with Tuesday’s fatal shooting near Sixth and Nixon streets in northern downtown Wilmington.
Sha’Quan Malique Boston, 20, was fatally shot at about 11 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Nixon Street and Love Alley, which is near Nixon’s intersection with Sixth Street, according to Cathryn Lindsay, spokeswoman for the Wilmington Police Department.
Raheem Akbar Shabazz Floyd, 26, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with Boston’s death, Wilmington Police Chief Ralph Evangelous announced today. U.S. Marshals and Pender County sheriff’s deputies arrested Floyd in Hampstead at 11:30 a.m. today, Evangelous said.
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“We credit the arrest of this suspect with the impressive cooperation and support of the individuals who live in and around the community,” Evangelous said. “I want to personally thank everyone who called or texted our officers, and spoke [to] our detectives, our officers, at the scene. Because without them, we may not have solved this case.”
Floyd was also charged with possession of a firearm by a felon. He is expected to make his first court appearance in New Hanover County District Court on Friday.
Floyd has been convicted of five felonies, including robbery with a dangerous weapon, possession of a weapon of mass destruction and possession with intent to sell and deliver a counterfeit controlled substance, according to the N.C. Department of Corrections. His last conviction was in December 2011 in New Hanover County.
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