Armed And Dangerous Suspect At Large After Double Murder

Upshur County authorities responded late Saturday night to a report of a shooting at a home in the 2800 block of US Highway 271 South in Gilmer. They found the bodies of 35-year-old Mandy Ray and 37-year-old Dermetrica Dashaunda Waters, both of Gilmer. Witnesses identified the suspect as 41-year-old Alvin Charles McKnight, Jr., of Gilmer, and they issued a Capital Murder warrant for his arrest. He’s described as a black male, 6′5″ and about 280 pounds, and is considered armed and extremely dangerous. Witnesses last saw him in Gladewater. Anyone with information should call 911.