GARNER, N.C. — A man was charged with murder after a 19-year-old was stabbed to death Friday inside a gas station in Johnston County.
Around 5 p.m., deputies with the Johnston County Sheriff's Office responded to the Murphy Express along N.C. Highway 42, where they found a 19-year-old employee with stab wounds. William Hayden Fitzpatrick, 19, of Clayton, died at the scene.
Alexander Leon Herrera, 18, of Garner, was charged with murder, first-degree kidnapping and robbery with a dangerous weapon.
He was being held in the Johnston County Jail without bond.
Before Herrera's arrest, deputies said they found a young man hiding in the bushes outside the station and put him in handcuffs.
A customer described the traumatic scene where she saw the employee leaving the bathroom with stab wounds. A 911 call was made, but it was too late to save the employee.
Sky 5 flew over the scene, which showed caution tape around the building and gas pumps.
The business is located near Interstate 40 on a busy stretch of N.C. 42.
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