The suspect is currently being held in North Carolina, awaiting an extradition hearing scheduled for Feb. 18
A manhunt for a 17-year-old Virginia teenager suspected in the killings of his mother and 6-year-old brother has ended with his arrest, the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office confirms.
On Saturday evening, at around 4 p.m. local time, Levi Norwood from Fauquier County, Virginia, was apprehended in North Carolina, Sheriff Robert P. MosierThe suspect was charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of his 34-year-old mother, Jennifer Norwood, and his young brother, Wyatt Norwood — who allegedly suffered gunshot wounds in their upper bodies, Mosier said.
Authorities did not say where in North Carolina Levi was arrested, just that the Liberty High School student was taken into custody after an employee at a North Carolina Target reportedly called police about a shoplifter, who was later identified as Norwood.The manhunt was announced Friday evening, after the suspect’s father, Joshua Norwood, came home at around 6 p.m.
They later learned that the teenager had stolen a red 2007 Toyota Camry from another Fauquier resident, Mosier said in the Sunday press conference. The car was found in the parking lot at the scene of the arrest.
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