IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. — The Iredell County Sheriff's Office is currently searching for a homicide suspect.
According to deputies, 23-year-old Pierson Worth Colbert is a suspect in a Monday morning homicide. Deputies said the incident happened on Indian Hill Road at around 5 a.m. Monday morning.
Deputies on the scene said they found 44-year-old Robert John Quinn lying in the driveway with obvious wounds to his head. Quinn was later pronounced dead at the scene.
Following the crime, deputies said witnesses described being awakened to a knock at their door. Witnesses said Colbert had told them that he and the victim “had gotten into it really big this time,” deputies report.
According to officials, Colbert ran from the scene.
A short time later, deputies said Colbert was accused of trying to gain entry into a home on Tublert Road. Once deputies got on scene they spotted the suspect's vehicle, deputies said the vehicle almost struck the deputy head-on.
Deputies said a few hours later, a caller reported a stolen vehicle. The suspect's original vehicle, a Nissan Sentra with paper containing his name, was found at the scene.
Deputies believe Colbert is now driving a 1996 GMC Sonoma truck, dark green in color with a tag number of PCB-2545.
Detectives were able to obtain warrants on Pierson Worth Colbert with murder and felony larceny of a motor vehicle. Colbert should be considered armed and dangerous. He is entered as a wanted person by the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office.
