KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. — The Kings Mountain Police Department announced a break in the case of a deadly robbery that happened at an ATM last month.
Authorities said four suspects were arrested. They’re all facing charges of murder and attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon.
Police identified the suspects as 38-year-old Dominick Anthony Singleton of Norwood, 29-year-old Jamal Delkeis Cunningham of New London, and 28-year-old Malek Isaiah Thomas of Charlotte, and 20-year-old Damareon Laron Dockery of West End.
The victim was 29-year-old Richard Walter Henderson of Charlotte. Police said he was shot and killed on Oct. 30 while working at an ATM on E. Kings Street.
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Police had been looking for suspects after tying a black SUV to the crime scene using surveillance video. It turned out that the car was a rental.
Channel 9′s Ken Lemon learned from police that a woman used a service to rent out her car to make some extra money. She got it back and had no idea the people who rented it used it to follow the ATM technician.
It was the slightest mark on the rented SUV that unraveled the murder case.
Someone spotted the SUV in Charlotte two days after Henderson was shot and killed. Then, the FBI used phone records to trace the suspects’ steps before and after the shooting, according to Kings Mountain police.
Police chief Gerald Childress said he called Henderson’s mother right after the arrests.
“I did want to try to get this done so I could have her some good news before Thanksgiving,” Childress said.
The FBI is trying to determine if these four men are connected to similar ATM robberies in the region.
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