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Homicide Warrant Issued Following Stabbing Death

Posted at 3:22 PM, Nov 23, 2016
and last updated 2016-11-23 16:22:18-05

A criminal homicide warrant has been issued in the stabbing death of a 24-year-old.

Authorities confirmed the warrant was sworn out against 26-year-old Christopher W. Gadsden.

Police said Gadsden allegedly fatally wounded 24-year-old Deon Brown on a secure truck lot at Western Express on Centennial Place on November 14.

Officials in Hickory, North Carolina found Gadsden in Brown’s 2009 Pontiac G6. He had allegedly driven it there following the stabbing. Authorities said there was blood inside and outside of the car.

Reports stated Gadsden had a hand injury, which he was taken to the hospital for.

Since then, Gadsden has not been located. He has had ties to Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts has been asked call Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.