IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. — Statesville police arrested a man they said shot another man during an argument Sunday afternoon.
Officers were called around 1:30 p.m. to a home on Wilson Lee Boulevard and found a man inside suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital in Winston-Salem.
Officials said Anthony Eugene Harper, 51, of Statesville later died from his injuries.
(Pictured: Desmond O’Neil Thompson)
Desmond O’Neil Thompson, 36, of Iredell County, was identified by police and warrants were obtained for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. After Harper died, the charges were upgraded to murder, police said.
Police were searching for Thompson. He was arrested around 1:30 p.m. Monday after officials recieved a tip.