Suspect in triple homicide in Bladen County turns himself in, Sheriff’s Office says
This story was updated at 1:13 p.m. Feb. 24, 2020.
Bladen County sheriff’s investigators have charged a Clarkton man accused in a triple murder early Sunday morning.
Taurean Reshaul Johnson, 36, turned himself in Sunday night, the Sheriff’s Office said, according to ABC11, The News & Observer’s media partner.
He is charged with three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, sheriff’s officials posted on the department’s Facebook page.
Johnson is accused of entering a home on Tina Lane, off N.C. 211 in Clarkton, before 1:30 a.m. Sunday and shooting several people, investigators reported. The home is in a mobile home park in a rural area just northeast of town.
Three people — Catrice Lacole Murchison, 30; Ronnie Lebert Kelly, 27; and Guy Lennon Barden Jr., 60 — were killed, investigators said. A 69-year-old woman survived.
All four people are believed to have lived at the home, police said.
Johnson fled the scene.
Anyone with information about this incident can call the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office at 910-862-6960.
This story was originally published February 23, 2020 at 11:16 AM.
