CURRITUCK COUNTY, N.C. (WAVY) – The Currituck County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a man in connection with a Friday evening homicide.
At approximately 5:30 p.m. on Friday, officers were dispatched to a home on Wedgewood Drive in the Wedgewood Lakes subdivision to investigate a report of a shooting.
Upon arrival, deputies discovered a gunshot victim, Skylar Benjamin Haislip. He succumbed to his injuries while being transported to a trauma center.
The alleged shooter was identified as 32-year-old Michael Thomas Harris Jr. of Moyock, N.C. Harris fled the scene on foot.
A canvas of the area was initiated, and a canine unit was deployed for a track. The track along with CID intel and phone pings provided a location at Willow Drive in which the SWAT team was called in to secure the area.
Harris was located and arrested by the Currituck County Sheriff’s Office’s SWAT team. He was charged with First Degree Murder.
Harris is currently being held at the Currituck County Detention Center under no bond.
This case is being investigated by the Criminal Investigations Division.
This arrest comes after Harris was arrested in October and charged with felony flee/elude arrest with a motor vehicle, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and misdemeanor reckless driving to endanger. He pled guilty to these charges on Oct. 31.
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