CAMPBELLTON — Police have arrested a man suspected of shooting into a home occupied by a mother and 10 children who has been at large for about a year, officials announced Wednesday.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office had been looking for Thabit Nadir Mateen, 29, since Sept. 26 of last year in connection with a shooting into a Quarters Court mobile home in Campbellton. The mobile home was occupied by a mother and 10 children. No one was injured, JCSO reported.
After the investigation, Mateen was charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling and an arrest warrant was issued out of Jackson County.
Mateen had eluded capture until his arrest Friday when JCSO got information that Mateen was in Dothan, Ala. After the Dothan Police Department was notified, they arrested Mateen without incident.