Woman charged with fiancée's death in Snow HIll in 2023

An Ayden woman has been arrested and charged in the death of her fiancée who was killed more than a year ago at a Snow Hill apartment, law enforcement said.

The Snow Hill Police Department said that Tameka Shalanda Best, 39, of 316 Roberta Drive, Ayden, was arrested by the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday and charged with the April 23, 2023, shooting death of James Shultheis III.

A spokesman for the sheriff’s office said a deputy about 12:15 p.m. stopped a vehicle on Gracewood Drive near the Pitt County Fairgrounds under the belief that Best was inside. She was arrested without incident.

She was detained at the Pitt County Detention Center under a $500,000 bond on a charge of second-degree murder.

Schultheis was found shot in the 600 block of Jordan Avenue at the Snow Hill Green Apartments. He was pronounced dead at the scene.