STANLY COUNTY, N.C. -- Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office is searching for a murder suspect after a man was shot and killed.
According to officials, 46-year-old Everardo Salazar was shot on Hackney Circle in Stanfield around 9 p.m. Sunday, February 12. He later died at CMC Main.
The Stanly County Sheriff's Office released a photograph of a potential suspect in the shooting along with a vehicle description of a Burgundy Ford Expedition.
Investigators learned the identity of the individual in the photograph Thursday and obtained a warrant for 32-year-old Daniel Cortez Billa Nueva Friday for first-degree murder in the case.
Officials are continuing their search for Nueva. They say he may be in the company of an adult Hispanic woman and two children.
