On March 6, 2024, at about 12:50 a.m., officers responded to the Oak Hill Apartment Complex in Wadesboro, North Carolina, and found 30-year-old Jamarcus D. Sellers of Rockingham suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Sellers was taken to Atrium Health Anson, where he died of his injuries.

Investigators from the Wadesboro Police Department and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation quickly identified 26-year-old Dewon Rayquan Hailey of Wadesboro as the primary suspect and obtained warrants charging him with First Degree Murder. Hailey initially eluded capture and was suspected of possibly fleeing toward Union County. After a multi-jurisdictional search, Hailey was arrested on April 18, 2024, at a residence in Marshville and held in the Anson County Jail without bond awaiting trial.

Chief Brandon H. Chewning offered condolences to Sellers’ family and praised the coordinated law enforcement response. Does anyone have information about Sellers, his movements that night, or the Oak Hill Apartment Complex that could help the investigation?