GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Three suspects facing charges connected to the death of an off-duty Greensboro police officer have been indicted in Superior Court.
Jamere Justice Foster, John Walter Morrison and Zquriah Lepearce Blackwell went in front of a grand jury on Monday on charges connected to the December 2023 murder of Greensboro Sgt. Philip “Dale” Nix . Subsequently, Superior Court indictments were handed down to all three suspects.
Foster was indicted for first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon causing serious injury, robbery with a dangerous weapon and possession and intent to sell cocaine. Morrison was indicted on charges of first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon, and Blackwell faces a charge of accessory after the fact.
“The jurors for the State upon their oath present that on or about the date of offense shown and in the county named above the defendant named above unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously did of malice aforethought kill and murder Phillip Dale Nix,” the indictments for both Foster and Morrison read.