Teen charged in Sanford homicide

Timothy Dequan Thompson was charged with first-degree murder, possession of a handgun by a minor and common law obstruction of justice in connection with the Dec. 8 death of Stacey Morrison.

Morrison, 31, of Sanford died at Central Carolina Hospital after being shot at 1305 Goldsboro Ave. It was the first of three shooting deaths in Sanford in three days.

Thompson was already in the High Point Detention Center on unrelated charges, and he remains in jail without bond.