GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A suspect is in custody nearly three years after two teenagers were killed during a shooting at a party.
Assistant Chief Ric Alston, joined by Assistant Chief Stephanie Martis and NC A&T State University Police Chief Robert Hassell, announced the arrest Friday on the same day the arrest was made.
Rishon Elias Weaver, 20, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Kaneycha Turner.
At about 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 25, 2022, police responded to a shooting at an apartment complex on Circle Drive. The privately-owned complex, which is not owned by or affiliated with NC A&T, served as off-campus housing for many A&T students and is close enough to campus that AggieAlerts were sent out.
At the scene, officers found two people who had been shot: Turner and 15-year-old Ronaldlee Snipes. Both Snipes and Turner died. Four more victims arrived at a local hospital while officers were on the scene.
Snipes’ death remains under active investigation, Alston said Friday.
Turner was an NC A&T freshman and former Statesville High School basketball star.
Greensboro police revealed that around 75 people had attended a block party at the complex, which ended when a group began to fight. At least a dozen shots were fired.
A few days after the shooting, Turner’s roommate, Andreyah Bellamy-Alston, told FOX8 that they were in the area but had not attended the gathering. They were in their car outside of a friend’s house nearby when bullets went flying. Bellamy-Alston said Turner jumped out of the car to run away, and that’s when she was hit.
“Wrong place. Wrong time,” she said. “That’s really what it was.”
Bellamy-Alston recalled the moments leading up to the shooting that took her friend’s life.
“It was like shots started firing. … It was a whole bunch,” she said. “It was a lot of rounds, and I didn’t recognize until like my car was being shot at.”
These photos show those bullet holes in Bellamy-Alston’s car. One shattered her driver’s side window. Another hit her front windshield. A third hit the back driver’s side window.
Photos show bullet holes in car after Greensboro shooting (credit: Andreyah Bellamy-Alston) 
Photos show bullet holes in car after Greensboro shooting (credit: Andreyah Bellamy-Alston) 
Photos show bullet holes in car after Greensboro shooting (credit: Andreyah Bellamy-Alston) 
Photos show bullet holes in car after Greensboro shooting (credit: Andreyah Bellamy-Alston)
Bellamy-Alston jumped out of her car once it was safe and found her roommate lying on the ground.
“I pulled back her hair. … Her eyes were open,” she said. “Her neck was swollen, and I just seen the blood and the bullet in her neck.”
Then-Chancellor Harold Martin Sr. sent out a condolence card after the shooting. The quote on it read:
“Her life was undoubtedly cut short. I, along with the Aggie family, will continue to keep her family, friends and loved ones in our sincere thoughts and prayers.”
This article includes previous reporting from former FOX8 reporters Lauren Crawford, Alliyah Sims and Caroline Bowyer.
Source: Fox 8 News Channel
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