The Associated Press
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Authorities say a New Hanover County detention officer has died after she was ambushed and shot outside her Wilmington home.
Sheriff’s office spokesman First Sgt. Tim Fuss said 27-year-old Tarica Ann Pulliam died Wednesday at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. She had worked for the sheriff’s office for two years.
The sheriff’s office received an emergency call that a woman was shot around 5 a.m. Wednesday. Fuss said the sheriff’s department is searching for 30-year-old Anthony Antwan Bowen. Officers said he in a person of interest in the case.
Fuss would not say whether the two knew each other, citing the department’s ongoing investigation.
From her home in Leland, Bowen’s mother told reporters she didn’t know where her son had gone.