RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Two young men have been accused in the shooting death of a 17-year-old last week in North Carolina’s capital city.
Santiago Alejandro Pacheco, 19, of Wendell, and James Carlos Jarquin, 18, of Zebulon, are both charged with murder, while Jarquin is also accused of firearm possession by a felon, Raleigh police said in a news release.
Both suspects were in the Wake County Detention Center on Monday without bond. A jail official had no information about the defendants’ attorneys.
The two are accused in the death of 17-year-old Zaequan Deloatch on Feb. 12. Raleigh police believe Deloatch was shot in the back near a shopping center and then ran until he collapsed, after which someone called 911, media outlets reported. He died at Wake Med hospital.
Jarquin received probation after being convicted this month of charges such as breaking and entering, assault and carrying a concealed weapon, according to state prison records.
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