Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp said Bowser, 38, was charged with murder and jailed without the opportunity for bond.
He declined to elaborate on the circumstances of Bowser's 3a.m. surrender.
Bowser is the fourth person to be charged in Arp's murder. Tripp said earlier this week Arp was shot more than once, although he declined to say what type of weapon was used.
Arp was found outside on Marlbrook Drive near the P&J Mobile Home Park area off Highway 48 outside Roanoke Rapids.
Arrested earlier in the case were 31-year-old Christopher Barry Harvey, of Roanoke Rapids; 19-year-old Gaston resident Kentrel Orlando Davis and 19-year-old Roanoke Rapids resident Semaj Marquan Prince.
Harvey was arrested Monday while the other two were taken into custodyTuesday. All charged in the case have February 25 court dates.
