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shooting of an off-duty deputy has been arrested, Durham County Sheriff Clarence F. Birkhead announced Thursday.
Jerry JRocc Lamont Harris Jr. of Durham, had been wanted in connection with the November 14 shooting. He was found in a home in the 2400 block of Vesson Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. and was taken into custody without incident, the sheriff said.
Harris, 26, was identified by investigators as a suspect more than two months ago and had been on Durham s Most Wanted list ever since. At the time of the shooting, Harris was on federal probation and had previously been arrested multiple times for a variety of offenses in Durham County.
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.