SALISBURY, N.C. — A suspect was arrested this week, charged with a murder the Salisbury Police Department said happened just over two years ago.
Police said officers arrested 21-year-old Dequan Quinshaun Hairston on Thursday for the outstanding murder warrant. He was then placed in the Cabarrus County Detention Center under no bond.
The department said Hairston's arrest was made with the assistance of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NC SBI), the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office, and the Kannapolis Police Department.
Hairston is accused of killing 35-year-old Michael Dwayne Connor Jr. on March 3, 2022. Police said they responded to a parking lot in a shopping center along South Arlington Street and Freeland Drive around 9 p.m. that night. Connor died that night despite life-saving efforts done on the scene.
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