New Year’s Eve murder suspect arrested in Durham. Police say another’s out there.
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- Kaheem Shylik Jackson, 25, was arrested Thursday in a New Year’s Eve killing in Durham.
- Jackson also has pending charges in a fatal July shooting at an apartment complex.
- He remained in jail without bail as of Friday afternoon.
Three months after a Durham man was killed on New Year’s Eve, one of the men police say conspired to shoot him has been arrested.
Kaheem Shylik Jackson, 25, of Durham was arrested Thursday on charges of murder and felony conspiracy in the death of 23-year-old Lawrence Hunt Jr.
Hunt was killed shortly before 11 a.m. near Raynor Street and North Miami Boulevard, The News & Observer previously reported.
Jackson’s alleged coconspirator isn’t known to police at this time, according to the arrest warrant.
Jackson previously pleaded guilty in 2021 to carrying a concealed gun, receiving a year of supervised probation. He also faces pending charges in Durham of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and felony conspiracy.
In that incident, Jackson is accused of assaulting 17-year-old Dominic Chappell and 32-year-old Octavius Amos at a Durham apartment complex last July, according to court documents. Jackson isn’t accused of firing the fatal shot at either man; both victims died from their injuries.
Instead, Jackson’s accused of conspiring with Amos to kill Chappell, the warrant states. Jackson lived at the apartment complex where the shooting occurred, according to the warrant.
Jackson was arrested in the July shooting this fall and posted $100,000 secured bond Jan. 20, court records show.
He was being held without bail in the Durham County jail Friday afternoon.
