Man wanted in Wilson domestic-violence homicide arrested in Raleigh
A man wanted for murder in Wilson was arrested on Tuesday in Raleigh.
The Wilson Police Department said that its officers, with assistance from the US Marshals Task Force, arrested and charged Devone Sharnell Best,54, of Wilson, with one count of first-degree murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Best was arrested in Raleigh and taken back to Wilson. He was placed in the Wilson County Jail under no bond.
Best had been charged in relation to an incident that happened around 9 a.m. on Saturday where Wilson police officers responded to the 4900 block of Raleigh Road Parkway for a call of domestic violence in progress.
While officers were en route, dispatchers told them that a woman had been shot. When they arrived, they found 54-year-old Khisa Hhalille Williams suffering from a gunshot wound.
Williams was rushed for treatment, but died on the way to UNC Health.
The Wilson Police Department asks that anyone with further information regarding this case please call (252) 399-2323 or Crime Stoppers at (252) 243-2255.
