HOFFMAN — A Moore County man has been charged in the murder of a Hamlet man found shot late Tuesday night.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the Moore County Sheriff’s Office, arrested 20-year-old Kiaya Carlton Jackson, of Pinebluff, from his home on Friday, according to a press release issued Saturday.
He is charged with murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon and booked into the Richmond County Jail without bond. He is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 5.
Jackson is accused of killing 24-year-old Nijamel Jaque Goodwin.
Investigators confirmed that Jackson is accused of robbing Goodwin, but have not yet released any more details related to that charge.
Sheriff’s deputies and EMS (FirstHealth EMS and Hoffman Rescue) responded to a call of a possible gunshot victim behind the Hoffman Community Center around 10:03 p.m.Tuesday where they found Goodwin with an apparent gunshot wound, according to the release.
Sheriff James Clemmons previously told the RO that Goodwin was deceased by the time they arrived.
Goodwin’s body has been sent to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Raleigh to determine the exact cause of death.
Online records show Jackson has no other pending charges or prior convictions in North Carolina.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Investigators say the case is still active and request that anyone who may have information to assist call the sheriff’s office at 910-895-3232 or Richmond County Crime Stoppers at 970-997-5454.
