North Carolina police charge suspect in fatal shooting of 2
NC man charged with 2 counts of 1st degree murder and possession of a firearm by felon
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A man has been charged in the fatal shootings of a woman and a man whose bodies were found in a vehicle with two uninjured toddlers in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
The Rocky Mount Telegram reports that Eric Coley was arrested on Friday. He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. That's according to police spokesman Cpl. Ricky Jackson.
The 42-year-old is being held without bond in the Nash County Detention Center, county sheriff’s records online said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The bodies of Destiny Wiggins, 24, and Devone Brown, 28, were found with apparent gunshot wounds between approximately 6 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. on Thursday.
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Jackson in the first news release on Thursday about the case said the two toddlers were found in the rear seat of the vehicle.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}North Carolina police charged a suspect for the fatal shootings of two people with two uninjured toddlers. The man was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and possession.
Coley is due at 9 a.m. on Monday in Nash County District Court for a first appearance before the court.
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State Public Safety records said Coley was convicted in 2013 in Edgecombe County for possessing stolen goods.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The records also said Coley was convicted in 2004 in Edgecombe County for assault inflicting serious bodily injury and in 1998 in Edgecombe County for attempted breaking and entering.