DOBBINS HEIGHTS — Investigators with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office have obtained warrants for a shooting suspect.
According to the sheriff’s office, first responders were dispatched to Dale Peterkin Street around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in response to a male with a gunshot wound.
Those responding included deputies, officers with the Hamlet Police Department and personnel with Hamlet Fire and EMS.
Deputies reportedly found a 66-year-old man with “what appeared to be” a non-life-threatening injury. The unnamed victim was taken to a hospital and was receiving treatment late Thursday morning, according to the sheriff’s office.
The suspect, identified as 34-year-old Simmie Lee Rogers, had reportedly fled the scene before first responders arrived.
According to a press release, investigators believe the shooting was isolated and related to a domestic dispute.
Investigators obtained warrants for Rogers’ arrest, charging him with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and possession of a firearm by a felon. The sheriff’s office said Rogers is considered to be armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information on Rogers’ whereabouts is encouraged to call 911, or provide confidential tips to Richmond County Crime Stoppers by calling 910-997-5454 or by using the P3 app.
According to the release, Sheriff Mark Gullede expressed appreciation to the Richmond County Emergency Communication staff, Hamlet Police Department, Hamlet Fire and EMS and FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital-Richmond employees “for their assistance during this incident.”
Records with the N.C. Department of Adult Correction show Rogers has the following prior convictions:
2009 - carrying a concealed weapon (Mecklenburg)
2012 - assault by strangulation (Mecklenburg)
2015 - assault inflicting serious injury, possession of a firearm by a felon, resisting an officer (Cleveland)
2020 - assault inflicting serious injury, two counts of misdemeanor breaking and entering, misdemeanor larceny (Cleveland)
2021 - possession of a firearm by a felon (Cleveland)
2025 - possession with intent to sell a Schedule VI controlled substance (Cleveland)
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
