Second murder suspect nabbed in Arizona

Police in Arizona arrested the second of three men wanted in connection to the Sept. 4 murder of a Northern Nash High School student.

Authorities continue to search for one other suspect accused in the shooting of 17-year-old Chavalis Boyd, found dead in a Rocky Mount house fire last month.

Phoenix police officers arrested 20-year-old Brian Carney this weekend, the second suspect captured in Arizona. He is charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery and first-degree burglary, authorities said. Police did not say what Carney was doing at the time of the arrest.

The arrest came hours after Phoenix police arrested 32-year-old Nathan Jones on the same charges.

After extinguishing the fire at Boyd’s home on Silverleaf Road last month, firefighters found the teen dead in the house’s front bedroom. An autopsy conducted a few days later determined the teen had been shot and was dead before the fire.

Police arrested 21-year-old Quantisia Lushun Moss earlier this month and charged the Kenly woman with accessory after the fact for murder. One other man – Corey Jermaine Lee, 32, of Rocky Mount – is wanted in connection to the slaying.

Police put out reward posters earlier this month, offering $1,000 to anyone with information leading to arrests in the case.

Investigators issued arrest warrants for the three suspects earlier this month after searching their homes, police said. Lee is wanted on charges of first-degree murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, first-degree burglary and arson.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Twin County Crime Stoppers at 252-977-1111 or e-mail crimestoppers@rockymountnc.gov.