ROCKINGHAM — The suspect in a Wednesday night shooting has been apprehended.
Richmond County Jail Records show that 34-year-old Simmie Lee Rogers, of Shelby, was booked at 12:04 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, and indicate that he was arrested in Mecklenburg County.
(NOTE: The returned arrest warrant was not available in online court records at the time of writing.)
Rogers is charged with one felony count each of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and possession of a firearm by a felon. He is being held without bond and is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 5.
Rogers is accused of using a handgun to shoot a 66-year-old man in Dobbins Heights on Oct. 21. The victim was reportedly still undergoing treatmentment on Oct. 22.
Records with the N.C. Department of Adult Correction show that Rogers has previously been convicted of assault by strangulation and assault inflicting serious injury, as well as other crimes.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
