Mocksville Man Arrested Later On Monday Night
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| Mocksville Police Detective Lt. Ken Hunter (left) and Detective Stuart Shore look for evidence at the scene of the shooting. - Photo by Robin Snow |
Tracy Fortune, 23, of Etchison Street, was pronounced dead at Davie County Hospital.
A suspect was arrested for first degree murder later that night. Kevin Louis Robertson, 20, of 1017 Milling Road, was being held without privilege of bond.
Authorities were busy Tuesday night gathering evidence, including search warrants for that Robertson’s house and vehicle.
Mocksville Police Chief Robert Cook said the call came in at 6:42 p.m. as a person on a bicycle being hit by a vehicle. Officers were there within two minutes, and found that the victim had suffered multiple shots to the torso.
Investigators gathered small caliber casings from the scene.
Cook said last night that investigators aren’t sure why Fortune was shot. Another bicyclist, his girlfriend, was not injured. The two often rode their bicycles through local neighborhoods picking up cans, he said.
Officers descended on the person of interest’s home, and walked up on him in the back yard. He surrendered without incident.
The SBI is helping with the investigation, as are officers from other jurisdictions who brought in dogs to help look for evidence ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.