STATESVILLE, N.C. — A Statesville man who was shot while riding a dirt bike last month died in the hospital Wednesday, investigators said.
Statesville police responded to a reported shooting in the area of Lakeview Drive on Nov. 24. When officers arrived, they found 32-year-old Derryck Duane Turner suffering from gunshot wounds. He was rushed to Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem in critical condition.
Turner was removed from life support Wednesday morning and died, according to Statesville police. The investigation is now being investigated as a homicide.
On Wednesday, Dec. 21, Statesville police arrested Raymond Davis, 38, for the death of Turner. He is charged with murder and is being held in Iredell County jail without bond.
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