Staff Sergeant Jimmy Lee Smith III, 24, was pronounced dead when medical crews arrived at the scene on January 18.
Brandon Allen Amos-Dixon was taken into custody after a chase that lasted for hours in Virginia and is pending extradition to North Carolina.
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On March 17, detectives filed first-degree murder warrants against Amos-Dixon.
Smith joined the Army in 2016 and served in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, before arriving to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) in March 2020.