North Carolina double murder: Authorities hunting for suspect accused of killing Devin Clark, Lyric

North Carolina double murder: Authorities hunting for suspect accused of killing Devin Clark, Lyric Woods
The suspect facing two first-degree murder charges was not in custody as of Wednesday afternoon
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. - North Carolina authorities are still on the hunt for a 17-year-old suspect facing charges in the double murder of Devin Clark, 18, and Lyric Woods, 14, over the weekend.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday announced that it had filed a petition to charge the juvenile suspect with two counts of first-degree murders in Clark's and Woods' shooting deaths.

"The suspect has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. While that obviously speaks for itself, this was not a random act," sheriffs office public information officer Alicia Stemper told Fox News Digital when asked if there remains a threat to the public.

The suspect was not in custody as of Wednesday afternoon, according to the sheriff's office, who pointed Fox News Digital to a Tuesday statement from Sheriff Charles Blackwood.