Sheriff's office still searching for shooting suspect
SHELBY- The manhunt is still on for Quavis Clyde, 33, the suspect in a Tuesday night homicide on Friendship Road in Shelby, according to Cleveland County Sheriff's Office officials.
Clyde has been on the run since just after the shooting around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The sheriff's office searched the area of Friendship Road located off of North Post Road, but has come up empty handed. Their search continued into Thanksgiving with a lead, but Clyde has yet to be caught as of 5 p.m. on Thursday, according to officials.
Wanted on first degree murder charges Clyde is accused of shooting his neighbor Shawn Lamont Borders, 45, of 1645 Friendship Road.
According to neighbors and witness statement, Clyde and Borders had an argument in front of borders house on Tuesday. Clyde allegedly asked borders for a ride, Borders denied. That is when Clyde allegedly shot Borders twice in the chest, according to witnesses.
"We heard a 'pow, pow, pow,'" said neighbor Taft Borders, who isn't related to the victim, on Wednesday in an interview with The Star. "Then we heard Shawn was dead."
Clyde's girlfriend Candace Jane Cruz, 27, of 804 Westover Terrace, Shelby, was taken into custody last night by law enforcement in regards to the shooting. Cruz was charged with obstruction of justice and was released on an unsecured bond.
Clyde is not unfamiliar with the justice system. His first experience came in 2003 in Rowan County with several sentencing pertaining to revoked driver's license and speeding. Clyde appeared on Cleveland County's radar in 2007 with similar charges that escalated to hit and run, possession of schedule II substance and resisting public officers. His most recent mug shot was taken in September.
At this time Clyde has three charges already in the court system; driving while license revoked, scheduled for court appearance on Dec. 18; felony possession of marijuana and felony intent to sell or deliver marijuana, scheduled for Dec. 7; and charges of driving while impaired and civil revocation of driver's license, appearance for Dec. 9.
"We have no reason to believe that (Clyde) has left the area," Cleveland County Sheriff Alan Norman said on Thursday around 4:30 p.m.
All agencies in Cleveland County have been made aware of the situation and are looking for Clyde, as the search enters day three on Friday.