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Police issue warrants in murder of Kannapolis high school senior

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kannapolis Police have issued new warrants in the murder of a high school senior.

Police issued warrants for 17-year-old Damarick Lamar Harper for robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Police are also still looking for 19-year-old Darius Jamal Smotherson.

Smotherson is wanted for in the murder of Daniel Lee Cooper.

Cooper, 17, was shot in the neck Monday on in the 300 block of West 22nd Street in Kannapolis.

He died at Carolinas Medical Center. Police still don't know what led to the shooting.

Cooper would have graduated from A.L. Brown High School this year.