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Man arrested, charged with murder after deadly Cary shooting Sunday

Police officers found a man who had been shot outside a Cary apartment complex on Sunday morning.

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CARY, N.C. — The Cary Police Department arrested a man Sunday evening in connection to the shooting death of another man at a Cary apartment complex on Sunday morning.

According to police, William Jameson-Reece Atkins, 29, of Cary, was charged with murder in the shooting death of Eric Mathew Laird, 30, of Lacey, Washington.

At around 7 a.m., the Cary Police Department responded to reports of a shooting at the 200 block of Hampton Lee Court, just off NW Cary Parkway by the MAA Hermitage apartments.

Upon arrival, officers located Laird, who had been shot multiple times.

Police said Atkins and Laird knew each other, adding the shooting appears to be an isolated incident and there is no danger to the public.

Atkins was arrested and taken to the Wake County Jail. Adkins is expected to appear in court Monday afternoon.

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