Police hunt for ‘armed, dangerous’ man who killed 2 women, kidnapped mother of his child
Police hunt for ‘armed, dangerous’ man who killed 2 women, kidnapped mother of his child
Police are searching for a man suspected of killing two women and kidnapping a third in North Carolina.
The bodies of 45-year-old Sherry Burford and 20-year-old Bridgette Burford were found Saturday inside a home in Yanceyville, North Carolina.
Authorities were called to the scene around 4.15am.
Deputies at the scene found the two victims inside the residence unresponsive and suffering from apparent gunshot wounds
Firefighters treated them, but they were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Burlington Times-News.
A third victim, Courtney Lunsford was kidnapped by the suspect.
Authorities issued two first-degree murder warrants for 24-year-old Camiah Tylequis Walker, whom they suspect in connection with the shootings and kidnapping.
Caswell County sheriff’s deputies said Walker should be considered armed and dangerous.
All three women lived in the same home. Investigators said that Lunsford was taken against her will at the time of the shooting.
Lunsford was later found unharmed by the Thomasville Police Department.
Captain Frank Rose with the Caswell Count Sheriffs Office told WFMY that Walker kidnapped Lunsford, who is the mother of his daughter and shot and killed Sherry Burford, who was the mother of Bridgette Burford.
Sherry was Lunsford’s aunt and Bridgette was Lunsford’s cousin.
The daughter of Lunsford and Walker was present in the house during the shootings and kidnapping, authorities told WFMY.
Walker has prior arrest records including, possession of drugs, possession of drugs with intent to sell and breaking and entering.