Man suspected of killing 4 in NC arrested in Va.

A man suspected in the fatal shootings of four men at a North Carolina television shop has been captured in Virginia.

Police in Mount Airy, N.C., said Marcos Chavez Gonzalez was arrested early Monday morning at a motel in Henry County, about 50 miles northeast of Mount Airy near the state line.

Police said in a statement that said authorities received information about Gonzalez’s whereabouts around 2:30 a.m. He was arrested without incident.

Gonzalez was wanted in the slayings of four men who were shot late Sunday in the parking lot of Woods TV in Mount Airy.

Police have said they don’t believe the shootings were random and that the men were at the store for a reason. Details haven’t been released.

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Police in northwestern North Carolina and in Virginia are on alert for a suspect wanted for killing four men in the parking lot of a television store in Mount Airy, N.C.
   
The town is located on the Virginia border, about 100 miles north of Charlotte.
   
Police say the shooting was not random, but haven’t released a motive. The gunman may have been armed with an assault rifle. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Marcos Chavez Gonzalez. He is charged with four counts of murder.
   
A hospital official says two of the victims died at the store and two others at the hospital.
   
The crime scene is less than a mile from the police station in Mount Airy. The town served as the inspiration for the television town of Mayberry in “The Andy Griffith Show.“