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Deputies are searching for the whereabouts of Jocephus Jones III, 18, according to the release.
Deputies responded to reports of a shooting near the 2900 block of Cage Street in Hope Mills early Sunday morning, according to the release.
Jones is described as standing 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing approximately 190 pounds.
Updated December 22, 2020 3:26 p.m. EST
By Sydney Franklin, WRAL multiplatform producer
Hope Mills, N.C. Cumberland County deputies are searching for a person of interest in a fatal shooting on Dec. 20.
Deputies are looking for 18-year-old Jocephus Jones. They want to talk to him about the shooting death of Cornell Ward, 31, in the 2900 block of Cage Street in Hope Mills.
Anyone with information is asked to call Cumberland County Sheriff s Office at 910-323-1500 or Crime Stoppers at 910-483-8477.