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Deputies arrest 1 in connection with shooting death of Hamlet man

Richmond County Sheriff's Office

HAMLET, N.C. — Richmond County deputies said they have arrested one person in a deadly shooting that happened around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday in Hamlet.

Deputies responded to a home on Rose Street and found 43-year-old Eddie “Tank” Thomas Jr., of Hamlet, dead from a gunshot wound. He didn’t live at the house.

Richmond County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested 26-year-old Janaydia Nyshamique Tender and charged them with first-degree murder.

No additional details have been made available.

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