Two arrested for shooting at Mount Airy store
Police in North Carolina say two more suspects have been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of four people in the town used as the model for Mayberry in "The Andy Griffith Show."
Posted — UpdatedMount Airy police say 56-year-old Kathy Young Barnette and her son, 34-year-old Gregory Brandon Holt, were arrested Tuesday in Patrick County, Va. Authorities said Barnette and Holt live in Claudeville, Va.
The suspects will be extradited to North Carolina, if needed, where they will face charges of accessory after the fact to murder.
Police in Mount Airy said four men were killed Nov. 1 when someone opened fire at a television store there. Police do not believe the shootings were random, but Mount Airy Police Chief Dale Watson said they did not plan to release a motive.
Twenty-nine-year-old Marcos Chavez Gonzalez is charged with four counts of murder in the slayings. Gonzalez was arrested in Henry County, Va.
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