One man is in custody in the Saturday morning murder and double shooting on Ward Drive.

Lester Kearney was arrested in Chapel Hill and is charged with murder, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, shooting into an occupied dwelling and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Major Bruce Temple of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release another man, Brandon Watson, is also wanted and is considered armed and dangerous.

Kearney was arrested without incident at a dwelling in Chapel Hill with assistance of the city’s police department and the State Bureau of Investigation.

Temple could not be reached for immediate comment this morning but said in the press release Kearney was jailed in Halifax without the opportunity for bond and will have a first appearance in court Monday.

The sheriff’s office received a call of shots fired shortly after midnight Saturday morning and learned Antonio Jerod Mills, 29, was murdered. Two other people in the Ward Drive mobile home off Rhea Smith Road were shot.

As deputies responded an additional 911 call came through that said witnesses were involved in a chase with the suspect vehicle, which was last seen around the Highway 48 and Highway 158 area of Roanoke Rapids.

Investigators learned two men entered the home of Mills and a struggle ensued. The struggle ended after one of the suspects repeatedly shot Mills. Temple Saturday declined to discuss what kind of weapon was used and declined to name the two suspects who were also shot.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the sheriff’s office at 252-583-1991 or Crimestoppers at 252-583-4444.