UPDATE MAY 5, 12:50 P.M. On Thursday, May 4, 2023, the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office arrested a second suspect in connection with a shooting that occurred on April 26, 2023.
Wayne Lee Wilson Jr., 26, no address, is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and discharging a weapon into occupied property. Wilson was jailed under a $125,000 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in Chatham District Court on May 15, 2023.
The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office has apprehended one suspect in connection with an April 26 shooting and continues to investigate the incident.
At approximately 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, a shooting occurred at the junction of Moore Mountain Road and Hamlets Chapel Road. The victim’s car was fired upon by a Black male suspect in his late 20s or early 30s. A 17-year-old victim was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released from the hospital.
During the probe, investigators identified Brian Julius Blackwell, 21, of 1062 Morris Road, Pittsboro, as a potential suspect and located him on Friday at Seaforth High School where he was attempting to pick up another student. Blackwell is not a student at the high school. Upon searching the vehicle Blackwell was driving, drugs were discovered, leading to Blackwell’s arrest.
Blackwell is charged with maintaining/selling/delivering/possessing a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of cocaine, maintaining a vehicle/dwelling place for controlled substance, discharging weapon into occupied property, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Blackwell’s bond was set at $125,000. He is scheduled to appear in Chatham District Court on May 15..
The incident is under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the Chatham County Sheriff's Office at 919-542-2911.
The 17-year-old victim in the April 26 was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and has been released from the hospital.
The Sheriff’s Office appreciates the community’s response to its request for information related to the case. The Sheriff’s Office has received numerous tips regarding the incident, which investigators are pursuing.
This is a breaking news story, details will be updated as they become available.