National kart racing champion gunned down in front of fiancée during 'targeted' home invasion robbery: police

A North Carolina location penetration near a nationalist kart racing champion dormant — gunned down successful beforehand of his fiancée successful a late-morning break-in past month, according to authorities.

Tyler Weaver, 25, suffered fatal gunshot wounds successful what the section constabulary main called a "targeted" robbery that took spot astir 10 a.m. connected Oct. 24, according to the Forest City Police Department.

Weaver's fiancée, Nevaeh Quintero, was held astatine gunpoint but managed to flight and telephone 911, according to tribunal documents.

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Quitez Watkins, 35, and Jaquavious Craig, 26, look charges of first-degree execution aft a deadly location penetration robbery targeting 25-year-old erstwhile go-kart champion Tyler Weaver successful his North Carolina home. (Tyler Weaver/Facebook, Rutherford County Sheriff's Department)

The suspects are some repetition offenders who avoided seizure for 10 days earlier authorities caught up with them. They were aboriginal identified arsenic Quitez Watkins, 35, and Jaquavious Craig, 26, according to the Forest City Police Department.

Both men look charges of first-degree murder. Both person anterior felony cases.

Tyler Weaver, right, poses with his precocious begetter Daniel Weaver aft a nationalist championship-winning contention successful 2018. (Tyler Weaver/Facebook)

Watkins, who picked up the nickname "Bando Red" successful prison, was arrested Tuesday and is being held without bond, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office. Despite a convulsive transgression history, helium was retired connected enslaved successful transportation with a slew of pending charges successful Rutherford, Cleveland and Polk Counties, tribunal records show. He was convicted successful national tribunal of an battle that led to someone's death.

Craig, the alleged "mastermind" of the crime, was connected probation for being a felon successful possession of a firearm earlier the murder, according to tribunal documents.

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Tyler Weaver, left, with his mother, sister and niece successful an undated household photo. (Taylor Weaver/Facebook)

Authorities did not instantly uncover wherefore they judge Craig allegedly chose Weaver arsenic a target.

Craig has a anterior condemnation of conspiracy to perpetrate robbery with a unsafe limb from 2020, according to tribunal documents. The justice ordered him held without bail arsenic well.

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Weaver was a 2018 nationalist champion astatine Maxxis Kart Racing North America. The enactment called him "one of the astir arrogant champions we've ever had" successful a station connected Facebook mourning his death.

Weaver and Quintero were expecting their archetypal lad successful April 2026, according to an online obituary.

The probe is ongoing and anyone with accusation is asked to interaction Forest City constabulary astatine 828-248-5555.