Minutes after 61-year-old Richard Ferguson Jr. was fatally injured, Durham police knew the vehicle they should be looking for.
“A witness told responding officers that the vehicle was an orange or red Jeep Wrangler with a hard top,” court documents state.
Three days later, Wilmer Fuentes Mejia, 30, would be arrested in Ferguson’s death and on an outstanding DWI warrant. He faces charges of involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving, driving while his license was revoked for impairment and failure to maintain lane control…