HICKORY, N.C. — Wade McArthur Danner Jr., 46, was shot and killed Monday on the front porch of a Hickory apartment, police said.
The shooting happened shortly before 6 p.m. at the Wimberly Crossing Apartments on 12th Avenue Southeast in southeast Hickory.
Witnesses said they heard four or five shots.
Octavius Dontae Morgan, 30, shot Danner during an argument, police said.
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Morgan fled and is wanted for first-degree murder.
No further information has been released.
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