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North Carolina man in custody for shooting in Bertie County
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North Carolina man in custody for shooting in Bertie County

BERTIE COUNTY, N.C. — A man is in custody for a shooting that left another man dead in a Dollar General parking lot in Bertie County on Thursday, according to the Bertie County Sheriff’s Office.

On Aug. 31, deputies were called to Dollar General to report shots fired from the side of the building. They found 60-year-old William Thomas Johnson suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced him dead at the scene.

Robert D. Wilson, 59, was charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.