Tue. Apr 23rd, 2024

The man suspected of fatally shooting an Ohio woman in a shopping center parking lot near Westerville was arrested in North Carolina.

The suspect, who was identified as 29-year-old Rodney Amir Perry, is charged with murder in the death of 24-year-old Amara Jones Tuesday evening.

Blendon Township Police Chief John Belford said officers were dispatched to the Sunbury Plaza parking lot on Sunbury Road around 5:35 p.m. for a report of a shooting.

Arriving officers found Jones shot inside a vehicle. She was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead at 6:22 p.m.

Belford did not say if Perry and Jones knew each other.

Additional details on Perry’s arrest were not immediately available.

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By Buffy Gunner

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