Baker said the victim, 26-year-old Jason Powell, had been fatally shot.Law officers have two males in custody and are looking for three others. Survey Jordan, 22, and Demetri Spothard, 16, are being sought, along witha juvenile Baker is not allowed to identify.
Baker said it is not fair to Wake County citizens that young,vicious criminals are being sought and yet law officers can't alert thepublic to their identities.
Major Danny Bellamy of the sheriff's department described what occurredFriday morning.
Bellamy said it was a drug deal gone bad, with Powell winding up abouthalf a mile from the site of the deal, on Old Stage Road in an isolatedarea near Garner. Officers said Powell was robbed of jewelry and otherproperty before he was killed with a handgun.
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