2 Arrested For The Murder Of 14-Year-Old Anthony Frazier
UPDATE: Police say two suspects have been arrested for the murder of 14-year-old Anthony Frazier.
Mangasha Clark is facing a murder charge in the case and Reginald Edmonds has been charged with accessory after the fact.
Police say there is no evidence that the suspects had any sort of relationship with the victim and it appears that Frazier was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Detectives say vital information given to them by a member of the community helped them make these arrests.
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[Original post from January 5, 2017]
CHARLOTTE, NC — A 14-year-old boy’s killers are still on the loose tonight, and CMPD is asking anyone who may have seen the crime for help.
Anthony Frazier’s family is speaking for the first time. Mourning the loss of a son, brother, nephew and best friend.
“It really strikes a chord with me,” said CMPD Capt. Cecil Brisbon at a press conference Thursday afternoon. “I have a son who is around the same age, and quite frankly, I’m speechless.”
It’s a crime that hits close to home for so many. A 14-year-old boy shot and killed on the way home from a birthday dinner with his family.
“He’s a 14-year-old kid,” Anthony’s uncle told the media. “Was out celebrating his birthday. Had just came back from dinner. What’s the motive for that?”
There was a 911 call from his uncle’s East Charlotte neighborhood Monday night reporting suspicious people in the area. But police have not been able to link that call with Frazier’s shooting. All they have is a vague description of two suspects.
“We need help from the community,” said Capt. Brisbon. “Just like someone called 911 for that incident, we know someone else saw individuals in that area at the time or the incident. And we need information from them.”
Anthony’s father, Officer Daniel Frazier, works for Kannapolis Police. Chief Woody Chavis says the loss has left a hole in his department.
“Since he’s part of a police officer’s family, he’s a police officer too,” said Chief Chavis. “And that’s the way we feel about it. And we feel that we’ve lost a member.”
Anthony turned 14 the day before Christmas.
Thursday night, there was a candlelight vigil for the eighth grader at Kannapolis Middle School, where the popular student-athlete was mourned.
“Mom and dad, I know you may ask yourself, did you do right with this one?” asked a fellow Kannapolis police officer at the vigil. “You most certainly have. You produced a young man who was not only a great student athlete, but a young man whose smile could brighten up any room.”
“Anthony had a 10-year-old sister,” said Anthony’s uncle. “That was her best friend. That was her best friend.”
The reward for information leading to an arrest in this case has risen to $15,000.
The City of Kannapolis has also started a fund to help the Frazier family with Anthony’s burial. Donations can be made at city hall.
