Cyrus Moss went to court Friday morning expecting to see a judge on charges for breaking and entering. Instead, police officers met him at the courthouse and arrested him for Charles Littlejohn’s murder.
Littlejohn, 63, was an Army veteran and neighbors are overjoyed at the developments in the case.
"Aw man, I got chills," Rosetta Walker, a neighbor of Littlejohn said.
Walker remembers seeing Littlejohn greet neighbors from his front porch across the street every morning.
"He bothered nobody," Walker said.
Investigators believe Moss broke into Littlejohn’s home in August and stabbed him to death.
They haven't revealed a motive other than the fact that the two men knew each other and lived less than a football field a part.
The crime stunned many people who live in the North Carolina community.
Walker said Friday’s arrest was important for all the residents of the community.
"It gives us hope that somebody does care," Walker said.
The breaking and entering charges Moss already faced stemmed from the same night he allegedly killed Littlejohn.
Investigators said Moss broke into another neighbor's home and assaulted that person.
Moss is also facing first-degree murder and no bond.
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