Raleigh police arrest man charged with killing 17-year-old

Raleigh police have arrested one man charged with killing a 17-year-old earlier this month.

Joshua Jenkins, 26, was arrested and taken to the Wake County jail, the Raleigh Police Department announced Sunday.

Last week the department charged Jenkins and Aaron Orlando Forrest, 46, with murder in the killing of Jameisha Person, who was shot June 2 just before 7 p.m. in the 5700 block of Goodstone Drive.

Person was taken to the hospital and police announced that she died the next morning.

James Edwards Evans Jr., 47, was arrested on a charge of felony accessory after the fact to murder.

Anyone who has information about Forrest is asked to call Raleigh CrimeStoppers at 919-834-HELP or visit RaleighCrimeStoppers.org for text and email reporting options. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for anonymous tips that help solve cases.

This story was originally published June 14, 2020 at 11:16 AM with the headline "Raleigh police arrest man charged with killing 17-year-old."

Virginia Bridges

The News & Observer

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Virginia Bridges covers what is and isn’t working in North Carolina’s criminal justice system for The News & Observer’s and The Charlotte Observer’s investigation team. She has worked for newspapers for more than 20 years. The N.C. State Bar Association awarded her the Media & Law Award for Best Series in 2018, 2020 and 2025.