La GRANGE — A Kinston man allegedly shot his brother to death Saturday morning after a fight broke out.
The suspect, Benjamin Thomas, was found walking down a road at the Lenoir-Wayne County border, Lenoir County Sheriff Chris Hill said.
Deputies from Lenoir and Wayne were called to the shooting and found Richard Sylvester Thomas, 28, of Kinston dead in the yard of a house over the border in Wayne County.
The two brothers were fighting in a car, stopped at a house and continued fighting until the shooting occurred.
Lenoir Deputy Kenneth Black spotted the suspect walking down a road near the county line, Hill said.
“Our people were up in that area,” Hill said, “and saw someone who fit the description.”
Hill said Thomas was turned over to Wayne County Sheriff’s Office.
The gun was retrieved from a ditch, and Thomas was being held with bond at Wayne County Jail.
Information was obtained from the Associated Press.