JACKSONVILLE, Onslow County \u2014 Two people have been arrested in connection with a shooting at the Jacksonville Commons Elementary School athletic fields, according to the Jacksonville Police Department.<\/p>\n
Police said Za’Vone Jahaid Farrior, 27, of Jacksonville, was taken into custody Sept. 30 with assistance from the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n
Farrior is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and assault with a deadly weapon in the presence of a minor.<\/p>\n
The charges stem from a Sept. 28 shooting during a recreational football practice at the athletic fields behind Jacksonville Commons Elementary School.<\/p>\n
Police previously said the shooting followed an altercation between two adults and was not random. The adult man who was shot was taken to a local hospital in stable condition and was expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n
JPD has stressed that the incident was not connected to Onslow County Schools or a school activity.<\/p>\n
Police said Areon Chauntie Laurent, 26, of Jacksonville, was also taken into custody and charged with accessory after the fact.<\/p>\n
Both Farrior and Laurent are being held without bond pending their first appearances, according to JPD.<\/p>\n
Farrior was also served with outstanding warrants from unrelated incidents. Police listed charges including resisting a public officer in Jacksonville, resisting a public officer in Onslow County, assault on a pregnant woman, felony attempted breaking and entering to a building from New Hanover County, aiding and abetting impaired driving and three felony probation violations.<\/p>\n
The Jacksonville Police Department said the shooting investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information is asked to contact Detective D. Peck at 910-938-6416 or dpeck@jacksonvillenc.gov.<\/p>\n
Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 910-938-3273 or by texting TIP4CSJAX and a message to 274637.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Onslow County \u2014 Two people have been arrested in connection with a shooting at the Jacksonville Commons…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-415741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}