The gun possibly used to shoot a security guard Saturday was discovered by a citizen doing yard work near the back alley of 9th and Monroe streets yesterday morning, Roanoke Rapids Police confirmed this morning.

The gun was possibly ditched when the boy charged in the shooting was fleeing from police Monday, Deputy Chief Adam Bondarek said.

The gun will be processed and could be sent to the State Bureau of Investigation lab for further testing, Bondarek said.

Yesterday officers wearing blue Latex gloves inspected the weapon and turned it over to detectives for further investigation.

Bondarek said the police department was appreciative of the citizen tip leading to the recovery of the weapon. “Their help may have a taken a gun off the street that a child could have picked up,” he said.

The boy wanted in the shooting, Andrew Bell, 17, turned himself in Tuesday night after Deputy Fred Whitaker of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office encouraged him to do so. Bell turned himself into the Roanoke Rapids Police Department around 11 p.m.

Bell was jailed on $50,000 bond and his court date is scheduled for Dec. 16.

Bell was wanted in the non-fatal shooting of Michael Proctor, a security guard at the former Rosemary mill, who was working when the boy allegedly approached him on an orange bicycle and demanded his money or wallet around 11:30 Saturday night.

Proctor told Bell he had neither and identified himself as a security guard. Bell allegedly shot him in the arm with a small caliber revolver. The shooting occurred in the 13th Street area of the former mill site.

Police got a break in the case Monday when officers from A Squad and the detective division spotted Bell around noon on an orange bike, a gun noticeable in his waistband.

The officers attempted to stop him and Bell fled, allegedly stealing another bike to make his getaway. While Bell got away, officers were able to identify him and obtain warrants for his arrest on charges of attempted robbery, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, flee to elude arrest and larceny of a bicycle.

Proctor, who was treated and released from the hospital, walked to the intersection of Roanoke Avenue and 13th Street to use a cell phone and call for help.

The investigation into the shooting of a 3-year-old girl Sunday night is a slow, methodical one, Lt. Bobby Martin said this morning.

“We’re making sure what we do is done in the child’s best interest,” the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office investigator told The Spin.

Martin said he is receptive to the opinions of the public who believe an arrest should already be made in the case.

He said, however, “We have to go through case law and see what will apply. There is a lot of legwork. We’re making sure it’s done right for the child’s best interest.”

Martin said the sheriff’s office continues to work closely with the District Attorney’s office on the case.

Meanwhile, Martin said the child is recovering from surgery to repair wounds sustained from the single gunshot wound to the abdomen. She remains in the intensive care unit of Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville.

Martin declined to elaborate on details of the case until the investigation is completed.

The shooting remains listed as accidental.

It occurred in the Myrick Estates subdivision in the Littleton area.

The Halifax County Sheriff's Office investigated a break-in at Enfield Tractor Company.

The investigation was conducted by Deputy Dreher Bozard with the assistance of Detective Rich Somogyi. 

Deputy Bozard's investigation led to the arrest of Douglas Silver, 44, of Enfield. 

Silver was charged with breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering and possession of stolen property. 

Silver was placed into the Halifax County Jail under a $10,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 9.

Silver was in custody serving a sentence for several prior break-ins.

Four Weldon area men have been charged in the July 24 armed robbery of Weldon Produce Company, according to the town’s police department.

Two of the men were arrested yesterday and one was arrested Monday. The other was served a warrant in jail, Lt. James Avens said this morning.

The armed robbery occurred at 11 a.m. at the company located at 113 Maple St. Two people entered the building, one of them carrying a gun, and demanded money. The men left the company with an undisclosed amount of money.

The police department has been investigating the case since the robbery and was able to make arrests this week, Avens said.

Arrested were Raymond Mills, 19, James Tyreese Webb, 24, Tyrell Brack, 18, and Jessie Webb, 48.

Jessie Webb, an employee of the company, was charged with conspiracy to armed robbery while the other men were charged with armed robbery. While only two of the men allegedly went inside, a third man served as lookout, Avens said.

Mills was already in jail charged with other crimes including break-ins at Weldon City Schools, a case which remains under investigation. He is jailed on $100,000 bond and the rest of the men are jailed under $30,000 bonds, Avens said.

Lt. Bobby Martin of the Halifax County Sheriff’s was in Greenville today to check on the condition of a 3-year-old girl who was shot in the abdomen Sunday night.

At last check the girl remained in critical condition at Pitt Memorial Hospital, the investigator said.

Martin declined to elaborate on details of the case until the investigation is completed.

The shooting remains listed as accidental.

It occurred in the Myrick Estates subdivision in the Littleton area. The child was struck once.