LAURINBURG — A second person has been arrested and charged in the Jan. 6 homicide of Isaiah Emmanuel Smith.
According to the Scotland County Sheriff’s Office, 18-year-old Zeonte Quentz McNeill of Laurinburg was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. A 15-year-old suspect, whose name is not being released because they are a juvenile, was also charged with first-degree murder, according to the SCSO.
Deputies responded around 6:15 p.m. on Jan. 6 to a reported gunshot victim on Ninth Street in East Laurinburg. Upon the deputies’ arrival, a male was located with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead on the scene. The victim was identified as Isaiah Smith, 25, of the Bayfield Community in Scotland County.
The Scotland County Criminal Investigation Division conducted an investigation which led to the second arrest.
McNeill was placed in the Scotland County Detention Center under no bond. The juvenile still remains in custody, according to the SCSO.