CrimeA Hayesville, N.C., man is facing murder charges in the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man Tuesday.
The victim in the Murphy, N.C., shooting died early Wednesday at Erlanger hospital in Chattanooga from a gunshot to the head stemming from a confrontation between two men at a home on Sunrise Street.
The victim was identified as 22-year-old Kenneth Ryan Jones, according to Murphy Police Chief Justin Jacobs. Jones’ death Wednesday upgraded the charges against 44-year-old suspect Bryan Crisp, who was apprehended in Polk County, Tenn., after an interstate high-speed pursuit. The weapon was described as a small-caliber handgun.
Crisp, of Clay County, N.C., faces charges in neighboring Cherokee County of murder, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill, possession of a firearm by a felon and discharging a firearm in city limits.
Other charges are pending against Crisp and charges are pending against other people present at the home when the shooting occurred, the chief said.