According to North Carolina authorities, one female soldier residing at Fort Bragg has been charged with murder in the shooting death of another service member.
Tiara Nicole Vinson, 26, was arrested on Saturday, according to Fayetteville law enforcement. Vinson has been charged in the death of 22-year-old Kelia Horton, who was found shot outside a Fayetteville home Friday afternoon, according to authorities.
Vinson, who is charged with first-degree murder and firing a firearm into occupied property, was being held without bond, according to law enforcement. It was unclear whether she has an attorney.
At the time of the shooting, both Horton and Vinson were active duty soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg. The shooting did not happen on the military base.
Officials with the Fayetteville Police Department stated that the shooting was not random.
🚨UPDATE: Victim: Kelia Horton (B/F, 22), an active duty soldier at Ft. Bragg. Her NOK has been notified.
— Fayetteville Police (@FayettevillePD) May 8, 2021
Suspect: Tiara Vinson (B/F, 26), an active duty soldier Ft. Bragg charged with 1st Deg. Murder & Disch. a Firearm into Occ. Vehicle. She received no bond, at CCJ. 🚨 pic.twitter.com/QuJ96g7SNe
Sgt. Jeremy Glass of the Fayetteville Police Department told The Fayetteville Observer that no further information about the shooting was available at the time.
Vinson was being held without bond, and it wasn’t clear if she had an attorney who could speak for her.
Updated 5/11/21: Tara Nicole Vinson, 26, allegedly pulled up to her ex’s home in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Friday and opened fire, according to the victim Kelia Horton’s cousin Jadaiah Farris.
In a phone interview on Monday, Farris disclosed that after shooting Horton multiple times, Vinson was overheard claiming that the shots were intended for her ex-boyfriend, who was not at the residence at the time, according to the Daily Mail.
According to Farris, while Vinson and Horton were soldiers at Fort Bragg, they barely knew each other and ‘never argued’ before the deadly altercation.
‘They weren’t friends or rivals,’ she stated.
