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A Roanoke Rapids woman is the third person wanted for obstruction of justice in the shooting death last week of 18-year-old Jamari Haskins.

Roanoke Rapids police Chief Shane Guyant said Alicia Shoulders, 36, has moved from the Madison Street address where she was living and the scene of the crime. She has not returned phone calls or tried to respond to messages left by investigators to surrender.

Guyant said warrants were obtained after investigators learned she lied to law enforcement to conceal information concerning the death of Haskins.  

Furthermore, information revealed Shoulders assisted in cleaning up the crime scene prior to law enforcement's arrival, an effort the chief said was done to conceal and destroy evidence from law enforcement. 

Thus far three people have been charged in the crime — one with first-degree murder and two with obstruction.

Demarcus Tyvon Gilbert, 26, remains in the Halifax County Detention Center without the opportunity for bond as he awaits a March 28 district court date in Halifax to face the first-degree murder charge in the case.

Thomas Lee Parham, 30,  and Kenneth Amari Adkins, 18, both of Emporia face obstruction of justice charges in the shooting death of the Chesapeake teen.

Adkins and Parham helped clean up the crime scene and gave false statements to officers in the aftermath of the shooting death in the 200 block of Madison Street the morning of February 27.

Haskins was in Roanoke Rapids visiting people and was familiar with people in the 224 Madison residence at the time of the fatal shooting which occurred inside.

Officers responded to the area shortly after midnight upon receiving a shooting call at a residence and noticed several individuals including the deceased. 

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crimestoppers at 252-583-4444 or via its website