HALIFAX N.C. -- Halifax County deputies say they have arrested a teen and are looking for two more suspects in the shotgun death of a man last month.

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Authorities say Jerry Wayne Yellorday was shot as he sat in a vehicle outside his Roanoke Rapids home April 3 by two men who stepped out of a different car and began firing shotguns.

     

Sheriff's Maj. Bruce Temple told the Daily and Sunday Herald of Roanoke Rapids that 18-year-old Trayvon Purnell was arrested Friday at his home and charged with murder.

     

Temple says murder warrants have also been issued for 28-year-old Charles Hockaday and his brother, 25-year-old Damien Mitchell.

     

Temple refused to talk about a motive for the killing. A person contacted at the jail Monday afternoon declined to comment about the case.