Suspect wanted in Fayetteville driver shooting turns himself in

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Fayetteville Police said Monday that a man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting last week of a driver on Raeford Road is in custody.

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Lavaris Davarian Speight, 20, of the 2500 block of Brandon Circle in Wilson, turned himself in Friday to the Wilson's County Magistrate's Office.

Speight is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping (2 counts), shooting into an occupied vehicle (2 counts), and assault in the presence of a minor.

Speight is being held at the Wilson County Jail awaiting transfer to the Cumberland County Detention Center.

The driver, 32-year-old Justin Williams, died at the scene from a gunshot wound.

A 14-month-old child was in the car but was not hurt.