Patrice Hoza Taylor
ELLERBE — U.S. Marshals have arrested a man in connection a fatal March shooting in Ellerbe.
Patrice Hoza Taylor, 31, of Aberdeen in Winston-Salem, is charged with the murder of Nikolas Cromer, 21. The incident took place on Sallie Goins Hill Road on March 3.
Taylor is additionally charged with possession of a stolen firearm by a convicted felon and an assortment of illegal narcotics.
According to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Taylor has previous convictions for discharging a firearm into occupied property, eluding arrest and various drug possession charges. He served three months in prison in a Moore County correctional facility in 2021.
Taylor was processed into the Richmond County Jail under no bond.