Man charged with murder in shooting of North Carolina deputy
Authorities in North Carolina have charged a man with murder in the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy last week
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Arturo Marin-Sotelo is charged in the Aug. 11 killing of Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd, Sheriff Gerald Baker said during a news briefing.
Lt. Walter Adams said the investigation is ongoing and additional arrests are expected. He urged anyone with information about the shooting to call the sheriff's office.
Baker identified Marin-Sotelo as “one of the suspects” authorities believe were involved in Byrd's killing. The sheriff's office did provide any biographical information about Marin-Sotelo and did not take any questions at the news conference, citing the active nature of the investigation.
Byrd, 48, was a K-9 officer who had been with the sheriff's office for 13 years. Baker said Byrd was killed after stopping along a dark stretch of road late at night.
Sherriff's Office spokesman Eric Curry said earlier that evening, Byrd had responded to a domestic call less than a mile away and then entered his notes into the system. When Byrd didn’t respond to several attempts to check in, another deputy was sent to check and found Byrd shot outside his vehicle with his K-9 still inside the vehicle, Curry said.