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Arrest Made in Shooting Death of NCCU Student
Durham police have made an arrest in Greensboro in connection with last week's shooting death of a North Carolina Central student.
Shannon Elizabeth Crawley, whose age was not immediately available, was arrested Tuesday evening in connection with the death of Denita Monique Smith, 25.
Smith, a graduate student from Charlotte, was shot inside a stairwell of the Campus Crossing Apartments Thursday morning and then fell down several steps to the sidewalk.
A maintenance worker at the apartment complex found her body at about 10:15 a.m. Police had responded to an earlier call for shots fired at approximately 8:30 A.M., but found nothing at that time.
Sources tell WRAL that Crawley, a Guilford Metro 911 operator, was arrested at about 7 p.m. She was being brought back to Durham Tuesday evening to face charges.
Police have refused to discuss any possible motives but said that Smith's death did not appear to be a random act of violence.
Detectives spent the last five days interviewing more than a dozen people, including Smith's family members, friends and neighbors.
Investigators also spent several hours Friday interviewing a person of interest in the case. Police said witnesses saw a woman driving away from the apartment complex in a burgundy Ford Explorer less than two hours before Smith's body was found.
WRAL first learned on Monday evening that investigators were focusing their attention in Greensboro. It was not immediately clear why because Durham police would not comment.
In response to the shooting, the Durham Police Department will conduct a Project Safe Neighborhoods Community Response on Wednesday. It is a strategy utilized for violent incidents or crimes likely to have a retaliation effect among those involved.
The response consists of a door-to-door canvassing of the neighborhood where the crime occurred and where the victim live.
Smith received a bachelor's degree in English from N.C. Central and had planned to wrap up her thesis this semester. She was also engaged to a Greensboro police officer.
Her funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at University Park Baptist Church in Charlotte.
Stay tuned to WRAL.com and WRAL-TV for more details as they become available.
Sources tell WRAL that Crawley, a Guilford Metro 911 operator, was arrested at about 7 p.m.
Smith (the victim) received a bachelor's degree in English from N.C. Central- was also engaged to a Greensboro police officer.
A love triangle?
Ping.
I don't know how long Denita and her fiance were engaged, but I have a feeling that he was playing Crawley on the side and she only recently learned of the engagement.