GREENSBORO, N.C. — UPDATE AS OF 11/17: Greensboro police arrested a 17-year-old Thursday evening in connection to the deadly September shooting at Dudley High School. They are still searching for a second suspect who officers said is 18 years old.
Officers charged the teen with first-degree murder.
Greensboro Police Chief John Thompson said investigators have identified two suspects in a deadly shooting that happened after a Dudley football game.
The names of the suspects have not been released.
The shooting happened at the end of a game on Sept. 29.
Matthew Grant, 59, was killed in the shooting.
A second male victim was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released from the hospital.
In addition to the two victims, two pedestrians were hit by the suspect car. Both were treated for minor injuries.
Family members said Grant was a minister at New Light Missionary Baptist Church and loved to go to Dudley games.
His cousin and fellow minister at New Light, Reverend Tracy Moore, said he loved the community he served.
"He would go to any game; basketball, baseball. He was not actually refereeing on that Friday night but he was just there attending the festivities with the rest of the community. But yeah, he loved Dudley, he loved A&T, he just loved coaching and too. At the church, we are revamping our youth ministry, so knowing Matthew, he was out there, trying to recruit some young men and women to come over to New Light for services," Moore said.
In a meeting with city council members on Thursday, Chief Thompson said there were officers at Dudley High School on the night of the shooting. They had their blue lights flashing as people left the stadium and the chaotic scene was still able to unfold.
Chief Thompson said he did not have the answer as to how to prevent incidents like this from happening, even with police present.
"It’s difficult, it really is. I struggle with it every day trying to figure it out. What can we do to be better, what can we do to be more effective, and what can we do to help prevent these things? A lot of it comes out to really the connection with the community," Thompson said.