Suspect taken into custody in Sunday shooting

Police in the Port City have taken a suspect into custody that was allegedly involved in a shooting early Sunday morning at the corner of Kerr Avenue and Sunglow Drive. Twenty one year old Christopher Coker has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. He was stopped in the county on Sunday morning after a deputy spotted a car matching the decscription of the suspects vehicle. The victim of the shooting remains hospitalized in stable condition. Authorities indicate the victim and Coker had been involved in a dispute earlier in the evening that may have led to the shooting.