Son of local commissioner now charged with first-degree murder after weekend shooting

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The son of a Huntersville Town Commissioner is behind bars, charged with first-degree murder. An arrest affidavit reveals that 21-year-old Evin Quarles allegedly targeted 17-year-old Cameron Brice on Kittansett Drive in the University Area, telling the teen “we have smoke” before firing four shots.

Police tracked Quarles’ Ford F-150 using Flock license plate readers as he fled the scene. Detectives say they later obtained a third-party confession before Quarles turned himself in. He is the son of Town Commissioner Edwin Quarles.