Suspect wanted in fatal Monkey Junction Walmart shooting surrenders to deputies
By WECT Staff | March 15, 2021 at 5:04 PM EDT – Updated March 15 at 5:32 PM
According to a spokesperson for the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, Laron Lee Carter, 22, surrendered to deputies in Robeson County Monday morning and was brought back to New Hanover County this afternoon.
Carter is charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly shot and killed Gavin Dozier in the parking lot of the Walmart, located in the 5100 block of Carolina Beach Road, on Nov. 12, 2020.
Carter was booked into the New Hanover County jail under no bond and is expected to make his first court appearance on Tuesday. He also faces
Thomas Duran, 18, was charged with first-degree murder; Taytum Herrick, 20, and Hailey Berardi, 19, were both charged with accessory after the fact.
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