CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Concord man who goes by "Batman" was arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in Rowan County on Thursday, investigators said.
Rowan County deputies responded to a 911 call for a reported shooting at a home in Crystal Lane in Kannapolis around 1 p.m. The caller told the dispatcher that the suspect, who goes by the name Batman, had already left.
When deputies arrived, they found 33-year-old Jonathan Wayne Yancey dead from a gunshot wound. Witnesses told deputies that Yancey got into an argument with his friend, 36-year-old Cody Dewayne Helms. The argument led to Yancey being shot by Helms, deputies allege.
Helms was arrested by a Kannapolis police officer about a mile from where the shooting happened. The officer was patrolling the area to help find Helms. Helms was charged with mruder and is being held in the Rowan County jail awaiting his first court appearance.
Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to call Rowan County deputies at 704-216-8702.
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