Antonio C. Logan, 19, of Crawford Road in Halifax was arrested last week for the murder of Robert Franklin Bray, 33, of Roxboro, N.C.
Logan has been charged with murder, and the use of a firearm in the commission of a murder.
He is being held in the Halifax County Jail without bond.
Logan was arrested following a foot chase in the Penick and Easley Street area of South Boston, according to police reports.
Police would not comment on a possible motive for the shooting as of press time.
"We think we have a motive, but we're not prepared to comment on it at this time," confirmed Lt. B.K. Lovelace, who is heading the investigation.
Police speculate that a $5,000 reward offered by a private donor may have led to the arrest of Logan.
"I think the thing that helped us was the reward," Chief Jim Hall observed.
"As soon as that hit the paper, we started getting information that led us to Logan," he added.
Lovelace said police were still receiving and investigating leads.
"We are still checking all leads from citizens as they come in," the investigator said.
Bray was found dead from apparent gunshot wounds on July 20.
He was found slumped over in a 1987 Thunderbird parked on Easley Street between Watkins and Noblin Streets.
The car belonged to his cousin, according to Lovelace.
According to Capt. Jim Binner, Bray had three visible gunshot wounds.
"He was shot once in the head, once in the back and once in the side of the chest," the captain said.
Binner said last week that the three wounds appeared to come from the same weapon.
"We think it was a 9 mm or smaller handgun," he said.
The South Boston Police Department had received a missing persons report on the morning of July 20, according to reports.
"His cousin reported him missing early Saturday morning," Lovelace said shortly after the discovery of the body. "He had borrowed his vehicle about 2 a.m. to go to the store and had not returned."
Bray's wife also filed a missing persons report with the Roxboro Police Department at about 1 p.m. last Saturday, according to the South Boston officer.
Bray would have celebrated his birthday yesterday.
Members of the South Boston Police Department thanked the public for their assistance in the investigation.
"We appreciate all the cooperation we have received from the public," Binner said.
Chief Hall would like to ask that anyone with information about this or any other crime call Crimestoppers at 575-TIPS.
"Rewards up to $1,000 can be received for information leading to an arrest and conviction of any crime," Hall said. "You do not have to give your name."

The Halifax County Sheriff's Office is investigating the cause of death of an unidentified body found floating in a pond Friday.
The body was discovered Friday morning at approximately 10:15 a.m., lying face down in a pond on Mill Pond Road in the Turbeville community, according to the sheriff's department.
"When investigators Sheldon Jennings and Angie Tribble arrived on the scene, they found a body lying facedown in the water near the bank of Old Mill Pond," Captain Larry Fears said.
The body was that of a male subject, he added.
Fears said that due to the condition of the body, identification and cause of death could not be determined at the scene.
The captain said it was too early in the investigation to determine if foul play was involved.
"The medical examiner was contacted to assist in the investigation," he said.
The body was transported to the state laboratory in Richmond, where an autopsy will be performed, Fears said.
The Halifax County Sheriff's Office is asking that anyone with information call Crimestoppers at 476- TIPS.

"You never have enough time to prepare to leave your family for one year," said First Sgt. Rick Hunt.
But, that is what the 52-year-old Halifax County resident and 54 of his fellow soldiers in the South Boston-based Virginia National Guard First Battalion, 246th Field Artillery unit are facing this week.
Soldiers in the South Boston unit will be deployed this weekend to Fort Dix for training.
Some are leaving Saturday, with the bulk of the men departing early Sunday morning.
They will be joined at Fort Dix by soldiers from battalion units in Danville, Martinsville and Chatham.
Although it is an artillery battalion, Master Sgt. Charles Ferguson, the Readiness NCO, said the artillery pieces are going to remain in place, at least for now.
Ferguson declined to say where the soldiers will ultimately be stationed for their one-year deployment.
However, he did say that to his current knowledge, the soldiers will not be leaving the country.
While the deployment and preparations for the deployment are serious business, things were a lot more relaxed around the Virginia National Armory on Hamilton Boulevard Saturday evening.
There were a lot of smiles and laughter as the guardsmen and their families gathered for a farewell picnic.
Children played together on the front lawn, a DJ kept the music flowing and an artist drew pictures.
It looked like a large family reunion.
"You won't find a unit that has a closer esprit-de-corp, a family nucleus-type spirit," said Hunt.
"This unit is real tight. They're all good people and I'm proud of every one of them."
It was a fun-filled evening, one of the last few evenings the guardsmen will have with their families before deployment to Fort Dix.
Battery commander Lt. Carroll Collins of Chesapeake said he has had a busy time preparing for next weekend's deployment.
"I've had approximately a month to get my family prepared, tie up loose ends at work, hand off projects, identify new project managers and, at the same time, take command of the battery, getting adjusted to taking command of the battery and getting all of the individuals ready for deployment," Lt. Collins said.
"It can be difficult from the standpoint of an individual. But, I'd say as a group, because there are such positive attitudes and a willingness to serve, it makes it a lot easier to transition into an active duty mode," he added.
While the month that the guardsmen have had to prepare for their tour of duty seems short, it is a far cry longer than some of the soldiers in the unit had prior to their deployment five years ago.
"In 1997 when the battalion had to send 47 men to Bosnia, that was a fire support element and didn't encompass the whole battalion like it is with this situation," said Ferguson.
"The urgency with Bosnia meant that some of them had five days to get ready. This time, they've had more time.
"They had a lot of situations at home that had to be taken care of but it (the month's notice) appears to be adequate," he said.
"It was long enough but not too long because you start having second thoughts about a lot of things if you have too much time to do things. Double thinking things sometimes is worse than just making a plan and going with it."
As Ferguson looked out across the armory floor, he couldn't help but notice the smiles of the guardsmen and their families as they enjoyed the afternoon.
"It's really heartwarming to see how upbeat they are," Ferguson said.
"To take it like they are, it's a super job the way they're doing it."
Ferguson attributes part of the soldiers' upbeat attitude to the tragedy of the terrorist attacks of September 11 of last year.
"It has caused every soldier to have a tendency to be willing to step up to the plate when called."

The 25 mph. speed limit on North Main Street will be addressed as the current issues committee of South Boston Town Council meets during their monthly worksession tonight.
The speed limit on North Main street between Wilborn Ave. and Dan River Church Road has generated controversy recently following a letter from Richmond engineer J.J. "Joe" Bahen Jr. to Town Manager Ted Daniel, claiming the speed limit was posted illegally.
Bahen received notoriety after successfully challenging speed limits in several jurisdictions across the state.
"My goal down there is the same as everywhere in the state, to see the speed limit is legally posted," Bahen said.
He said he was alerted to the problem by a local citizen.
"On June 1, 2002, a citizen of Halifax County alerted me to the improperly posted speed limit in South Boston," Bahen said.
"My investigation revealed that the 25 mph. speed limit north of Hamilton Boulevard had been posted without authority in law, and without the slightest engineering justification whatsoever," he added.
Bahen said that in order to change the speed limit, a governing body must make an ordinance change based on an engineering and traffic investigation.
"The speed limit on Route 129 was decreased on May 6, 1996, by a city council 'motion,' not an ordinance.
"The motion was based on a petition signed by 21 citizens, not the required engineering and traffic investigation," Bahen said.
"This is a road that is used by1,200 vehicles per day, and the speed limit was changed based on a petition signed by 21 people," Bahen said yesterday. "That's just ridiculous."
"Since there is neither an ordinance nor an engineering and traffic investigation on file, the 25 mph speed limit on State Route 129 is unlawfully posted," the engineer concluded.
In addition to the North Main speed limit, the current issues committee will address the northern entrance to Halifax Square Shopping Center.
Although there is a "no left turn" sign posted at the northern entrance, many motorists simply ignore it.
Speece said drivers continue to attempt to turn left from the northern entrance, creating dangerous traffic conditions.
"That's a problem that's threatening life right now," Speece suggested at the earlier meeting.
Councilman Coleman Speece brought up the subject at the July 8 council meeting.
A barrier had been placed at the exit, but Daniel said the town had to remove it because of VDOT requirements.
"(VDOT) pointed out to us that the barrier was non-standard traffic patterns and caused liability problems," Daniel said.
But Speece said the non-standard traffic pattern was protecting life.
"If you take it down you have no protection," the councilman pointed out.
Finance Committee
The finance committee will discuss a potential recommendation to council that the town's tax relief for the elderly be discontinued.
Daniel explained that administrative costs were making the program cost-prohibitive.
"When we were a city and had an 86 cent tax rate, the program was significant," Daniel said.
"But now there aren't that many people left who qualify for it, and it creates such a high administrative workload that it just isn't beneficial for us," he added.
The committee will hear from Finance Director S. Vandie Saunders, who will present the financial statement for both the end of the month and end of the fiscal year.
Saunders is expected to request that the committee approve carrying over any excess funds to FY 2002-2003.
The committee is also expected to receive a list of those residents and businesses who are delinquent in paying their taxes and utility bills.
The committee will review the list and are expected to recommend the list be published.
The committee will also hear a recommendation from the Finance Department that a penalty be instituted for non-payment of a Business and Professional Occupational License.
Council addressed the issue at their retreat, where they learned there were a significant number of businesses in the town that simply didn't pay for a license to operate.
Currently there are no penalties for non-payment of the license.

Monroe leadoff hitter Andy Jones didn't need to cross the plate to beat Virginia in Saturday's opening round of the Dixie Majors World Series.
That's a good thing because he never got that far.
He was mobbed by his 15 teammates after slamming a single that was miscalculated by the right fielder and drove in the tying run and forced an error for the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning for the 9-8 win at Indian Field.
"The first couple of strikes there I was just trying to move the runners up, get them on second and third to where somebody could hit a fly ball and get the tying run in," Jones said.
"But after I let the pitch go to full count, I knew he could give me something to hit. I just had to pull it to get a run in."
Monroe's win pushes the host team into another night game today, facing Florida at Indian Field at 7.
But Monroe made sure to give the estimated 1,700 fans a reason to return.
After beginning the game in the proverbial scoring hole, then giving up the lead with a pair of runs on two outs in the sixth, Monroe had a plan heading into the bottom of the seventh inning.
"The main thing, we wanted that first runner, John Michael Collins, to get on with no outs was the key," Monroe manager Rodney Traweek said.
"The hit was big Andy did, but John Michael getting on with a base hit, us being the home team in front of this home crowd, that's really what we needed. ... Andy Jones came up with runners on first and second and I called him down and we talked. I said, 'I want you to lay the first one down for the team and try to get the runners over to first and second. If you don't do it, then I want you to drive them in.' "
Collins singled and found second base when Chris DeMers was hit by a pitch on the 0-2 count.
That set up Jones' heroics with no outs on a 3-2 pitch.
"We learned we can play with anybody," Jones said.
"We've got just as good a chance as anybody to win the World Series."
Virginia found the spots in the Monroe game that were rusty from having not played a state or district tournament before the World Series.
The team from Halifax County/South Boston scored three runs in the first inning, the first one walked in with the bases loaded.
"When you're playing people you don't know, there isn't as much strategy," Virginia manager David Myers said.
"We made the right moves, we just didn't execute at the end of the game."
Monroe scored just one run in the first inning and gave up one in the second to face a 4-1 deficit in the third.
The host team then retaliated with a five-hit, four-run third inning prompted by an RBI double courtesy of Drew Carson, an RBI single off the bat of Peyton Farr and a two-run single from Billie Webb.
"We knew we were going to have to hit the ball to come back," Jones said.
"We got a couple runs here and a couple runs there and did what we knew we could do."
Monroe took a two-run lead in the fourth off of a sacrifice fly from Scott Vaughan that scored Jones.
Waiting to pounce was Virginia, which tied the game with two runs on two outs in the fifth that chased starting pitcher Alex Presley.
After Monroe regained the lead on a Joey Lee RBI groundout that plated Justin O'Neal, Virginia snatched it back with another pair of two-out runs in the sixth.
"We were just trying to stay up in the dugout and keep our composure," Jones said.
"We knew we could do it, just going out and doing it was a different thing."
Monroe outhit Virginia 12-9 and with a whopping 19 runs scored total in the other five games Saturday, the late game combined for 17.
Virginia (0-1) faced South Carolina, which dropped 2-1 to Florida, in the double elimination tournament at 7 p.m. last night at Embanato Field.

Check out today's print edition for more information on little league results.

Lillian Wilborn Bagwell

Lillian Wilborn Bagwell, 93, of 765 Mountain Road, Halifax, died July 25 at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mrs. Bagwell was born in South Boston on February 16, 1909, the daughter of James Bailey Wilborn Sr. and Zulene Shanks Wilborn and was married to Robert Poindexter Bagwell. She was a member of Beth Car Baptist Church.
Survivors include three daughters, Lillian Bagwell Evans and Ann Gordon Bagwell Hunt, both of Halifax, and Robin Bagwell Young of Kitty Hawk, NC; one sister, Frances Wilborn Bennett of South Boston; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, James Bailey Wilborn and Shanks Mitchell Wilborn Sr.
Graveside services for Mrs. Bagwell were held July 27 at Halifax Cemetery at 11 a.m. with Don Bagwell conducting the service.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider Beth Car Baptist Church building fund.

Dabney Alvin Cosby Sr.

A graveside service was held Sunday afternoon for Dabney Alvin Cosby Sr., 78, at Asbury United Methodist Church Cemetery.
The Rev. Jack Gowen conducted the 2 p.m. service.
Mr. Cosby died Friday at his home.
A Halifax County native, Mr. Cosby was born June 24, 1924, a son of Dabney Cosby and Hilda Compton Farmer and was a stepson of Obediah Farmer. He was married to Nell Puryear Cosby.
He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church.
Mr. Cosby was an avid bowler and a lifetime member of the South Boston Bowling Association. He was elected to the South Boston Bowler's Association Hall of Fame and was the recipient of numerous sportsmanship awards.
He is survived by his wife, Nell P. Cosby, of Vernon Hill, one daughter, Elizabeth C., and her husband A.V. Zimmermann III of South Boston, and one son, Dabney Alvin Cosby Jr., and his wife Cathy of Vernon Hill.
Other survivors include two grandsons, Dabney Jackson Zimmermann and his wife Rowena of Charlottesville and Dabney Howard Cosby of Vernon Hill, two granddaughters, Ann Cabell Zimmermann of South Boston and Mary Beth Cosby Puryear and her husband, Frankie, of Vernon Hill, one great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Cabell Zimmermann, one sister, Mary Cosby Clements and her husband, James, of Vernon Hill.
For memorials, please consider the Oak Level Fire Department EMTs, 2080 Swain Road, Halifax, Va., 24558, The Halifax Regional Hospice, 2204 Wilborn Ave., South Boston, Va., 24592 or the Halifax County Cancer Association, 1710 Jeffress Blvd., P.O. Box 875, South Boston, Va. 24592.

Blanche Campbell Lewis

Funeral services for Mrs. Blanche Campbell Lewis will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Halifax with burial in the church cemetery.
The Rev. David L. Booher will conduct the service.
Mrs. Lewis, 85, died Sunday at her home in Halifax.
A Hanover County native, she was born July 22, 1917, a daughter of Daniel Elliott Campbell and Mrs. Emma Beazley Campbell. She was married to W.M. Lewis.
Mrs. Lewis was a member of St. Johns Episcopal Church.
She is survived by her husband, W.M. Lewis, of Halifax, two daughters, Catherine Lewis Maxwell of Charlotte, N.C., and Dorothy Lewis Dabney of Deland, Florida, and two sons, Richard Fielding Lewis of Fredericksburg and William Wardwell Lewis of Houston, Texas.
Other survivors include seven grandchildren, Amy Lewis Roberts, Mary Catherine Maxwell, Jane Meriweather Maxwell, Elizabeth Wiseman Lewis, John Elliott Townes Lewis, Ann Taylor Maxwell and Lucy Smith Dabney.
Mrs. Lewis was preceded in death by three sisters, Dorothy Elizabeth Campbell, Mildred Campbell Broome and Catherine Campbell Wright, and one brother, Daniel Edward Elliott Campbell.
The family will receive friends at their home, 1012 Mountain Road in Halifax.
In lieu of flowers, please consider the St. Johns Episcopal Church Memorial Fund.