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Arrest made following shootings that killed 1 and injured 3 others on Winston-Salem State University campus

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Authorities have made an arrest in connection to one of two shootings on Winston-Salem State University’s campus that killed one person and wounded three others Saturday.

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Ziyaire Antonyo Spinks, 20, was arrested in connection to a shooting that killed 19-year-old Peyton Izaia Patterson, Winston-Salem Police Department said in a statement Sunday. Spinks is facing charges of murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and felony possession of a firearm on an educational campus.

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Officers who responded after hearing shots fired found Patterson suffering from a gunshot wound. The officers and emergency medical services attempted life saving measures, police said, but he did not survive.

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The shooting injured Alyssa Janae Ellerbee, 19, who was treated at a hospital and later released, police said.

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Police have determined this shooting to be an isolated incident, not connected to a separate shooting that also occurred on campus Saturday night.

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Spinks is being held without bond, according to police. Court records show he has a pending case involving a concealed weapon and marijuana possession charges from an arrest in March.

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The lawyer representing Spinks in the March case, which is in Randolph County, told NBC News Sunday that he…

Original source: https://www.nbcnews.com/business

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