Second man charged in Johnston County double murder

Friday, October 7, 2016
SMITHFIELD (WTVD) -- The Johnston County Sheriff's Office has upgraded the charges against a Kenly man to two counts of first-degree murder.
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Jeremy Kyle Price, 28, was originally charged as an accessory in the March, 10 shooting deaths of 30-year-old Matthew Jones and 24-year-old Jessica Pyatte in the 100 block of Unity Drive, near Newton Grove, in southern Johnston County.

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The other alleged gunman, Gerald Thomas Paul Jr., 21, of Erwin, was charged with murder soon after the killings.
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Detectives have also charged Tara Nicole Wilson of Dunn as an accessory after the fact.

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