Durham police arrest second suspect in UNC student murder

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) — Durham police have arrested the second suspect in the shooting death of University of North Carolina student body president Eve Carson.

Lieutenant Robert McLaughlin Junior says 17-year-old Lawrence Alvin Lovette Junior of Durham was arrested about 4:15 a.m. after officers surrounded a house.

Chapel Hill Police Lieutenant Kevin Gunter says Lovette is still being held in Durham. It’s unclear when he’ll be transferred to Chapel Hill or make an initial court appearance.

Lovette and 21-year-old Demario James Atwater of Durham, are both charged with first-degree murder in Carson’s death. The 22-year-old from Athens, Georgia, was found March 5th about a mile from campus.

Atwater had been arrested yesterday morning and is being held without bond. His next hearing is March 24th.

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