BURLINGTON, N.C. –
A severed finger left behind on the scene of an tried dwelling invasion final week in North Carolina led investigators to a suspect within the case, police stated.
Burlington officers responded to a report of an tried dwelling invasion Thursday morning after a resident who had began a car within the driveway encountered an armed man who tried to drive his means into the home, police stated in a information launch.
Police stated the 2 struggled and the person’s gun went off, grazing the resident’s chest, earlier than the resident was capable of shut the door on his hand. The resident was not severely injured.
Crime scene investigators discovered a finger, believed to have been severed when the resident compelled the door shut, contained in the suspect’s glove, which fell off through the wrestle, police stated.
Investigators used fingerprints to determine a suspect, police spokesperson Emily-Lynn Adkins stated by phone within the metropolis about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Raleigh.
Vernon Wilson, 67, of Hillsborough was arrested Monday on costs that embrace first-degree robbery, assault with a lethal weapon with intent to kill, inflicting critical harm and possession of a firearm by a prohibited felon. Wilson was held on a $250,000 safe bond, police stated.
Court information do not record an legal professional for Wilson, in accordance with the clerk of courtroom’s workplace.