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Authorities searching for suspect after shooting kills 1 in Benson

One person is dead following a Sunday night shooting in Benson.

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BENSON, N.C. — One person is dead following a Sunday night shooting in Benson.

Authorities responded to a unit at the Raymond Sanders Apartments at 905 Barefoot Street at about 7:30 p.m.

Authorities said a 40-year-old man was shot by a man who drove off in a white car following an altercation.

The 40-year-old man died at the scene.

Neither man lived in the apartment complex, authorities said.

Authorities were searching for the suspect Sunday night and were interviewing residents to compile a better description of the man.

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