On Saturday afternoon, April 30, 2022 the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office arrested 36-year-old Antonio S. Arnulfo and charged him with an open count of murder. Arnulfo’s arrest came as a result of an investigation by the Criminal Investigations Division. Arnulfo was presented to Magistrate G.T. Laws who issued no bond and ordered that he be placed in the custody of the Wayne County Detention Center.

On Saturday morning, April 30, 2022 Wayne County 911 dispatched Wayne County EMS to a medical emergency at 1133 Camp Jubilee Road in Seven Springs. While the EMS crew was en route, the 911 Center received additional information that the victim had been involved in a fight and was not breathing.

Deputies were then dispatched and arrived at the location before the EMS crew. They located the victim, 26-year-old Mateo H. Shilon, suffering from multiple stab wounds. Shilon was declared deceased on the scene. He was transported to the medical examiner’s office at Wayne UNC Healthcare for an autopsy.