North Carolina man in custody in Bertie County shooting

BERTIE COUNTY, N.C. – A man was taken into custody Thursday in connection with a shooting in a Dollar General parking lot in Bertie County that left another man dead, according to the Bertie County Sheriff’s Office.

On August 31, deputies were called to Dollar General with reports of shots fired into the side of the building. They found William Thomas Johnson, 60, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced him dead at the scene.

Robert D. Wilson, 59, was charged by a convicted felon with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm.