Police: No known links between barbershop gunman, victim
Posted August 10, 2010 5:37 p.m. EDT
Raleigh, N.C. — Police said Tuesday that they haven't found any previous relationship between a man killed Monday at a downtown Raleigh barbershop and the man charged in his death.
Roger Onaje McKenzie, 23, of 2300 Blacklan Circle, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of James Edward Hamer, 29, of Raleigh.
Hamer was getting his hair cut at Total Styles and Cuts shortly after 9 a.m. Monday when a gunman entered the shop, at 203 E. Cabarrus St., shot him and fled.
Police haven't disclosed what evidence led to McKenzie's arrest several hours later or a possible motive in the case. They said McKenzie had been a customer of Total Styles and Cuts, which remained closed Tuesday.
