Authorities with the Durham County Sheriff's office are looking for Jerry Lamont Harris Jr., a 26-year-old African-American male suspected in the shooting of an off-duty Durham County deputy near Wake Forest Highway and Mineral Springs Road on Oct. 22.
Courtesy of the Durham County Sheriff s Office
Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead on Friday announced his department had made a second arrest in the shooting ambush of an off-duty deputy last month.
Birkhead warned that a third suspect who is still at-large is armed and should be considered âextremely dangerous.â
Federal charges have been filed against Chakera Mangum, 28, in connection with the November 14 shooting, Birkhead announced in a press statement Friday morning.
Officers first arrested Armand Lewis-Langston, 23, on November 28, according to the release. Birkhead said Jerry Lamont Harris, 26, who is a âclose acquaintanceâ of Mangum, âis still on the loose.â
She is the second suspect arrested in this ongoing investigation, following the
November 18 apprehension of 23-year-old Armand Lewis-Langston, also of Durham.
Mangum is a close acquaintance of 26-year-old Jerry Lamont Harris, who is also wanted in this case.
Harris is considered armed and extremely dangerous. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced on December 3 a reward of up to $5,000 for any information leading to the location and arrest of Harris. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call 911 or (919) 560-0900 immediately.
Durham County Sheriff s Office and other agencies
recently issued a Blue Alert in their search for a Black Acura with a North Carolina temporary tag believed to belong to Harris
Updated December 23, 2020 10:12 a.m. EST
Durham, N.C. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of Jerry Lamont Harris.
Harris, 26, is a close acquaintance of Chakera Mangum, 28, who was arrested earlier in December.
The deputy, a 10-year veteran whose name hasn t been released, was wounded on Nov. 14 near the intersection of Mineral Springs and Fletcher’s Chapel roads, when someone in a Hyundai Sonata pulled up next to the deputy and fired several shots into his car.
Armand Lewis-Langston, 23, of Durham, was arrested at his home four days later on charges of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. He also faces federal charges and remains in the Durham County jail.