Police Find Black Hiding in Woods After Shooting and Killing White Woman

Jerald Devon Dennis

Better than hiding in a dumpster, I suppose.

WECT:

A Chadbourn man is accused of fatally shooting a woman early Monday morning.

Jerald Devon Dennis, 32, has been charged with murder in the death of 23-year-old Emily Ashton Ivey, of Cerro Gordo.

According to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a report of a person with a gunshot wound at a residence on Dessie Road.

Upon arriving at the scene, they found Ivey deceased from a gunshot wound.

Deputies located Dennis hiding in a wooded area near the residence and reportedly found a stolen firearm near the area he was located.

Dennis then was taken to the hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound.

Emily Ashton Ivey