Fourth suspect arrested in robbery and car chase

By: Sherry Youngquist | Winston-Salem Journal
Published: August 27, 2008

HILLSVILLE, Va. --

Carroll County deputies have arrested a fourth suspect in a residential armed robbery and car chase Tuesday, ending a more than 16-hour manhunt.
At 6:05 a.m. today, deputies arrested William Lloyd Music at a convenience store in Fancy Gap.
A resident on Buffalo Road called authorities at 1:35 p.m. Tuesday to report that he had been robbed at gunpoint and that the robbers shot the tires out of his vehicle before leaving in a green Ford Explorer with North Carolina tags.
Deputies spotted the vehicle on U.S. 221 headed into Hillsville at 1:50 p.m. When deputies tried to stop it, the suspects sped away. At one point, the suspects used the vehicle to ram vehicles driven by Sheriff Warren Manning and Hillsville police officer David Walls. Authorities pursued the suspects' vehicle onto northbound Interstate 77. At mile-marker 11, the vehicle stopped, and three suspects ran from the vehicle, leaving behind a fourth suspect, Christopher Ryan Music, 20, who was arrested.
Authorities then chased the other three, identified as Corey Keith Smith, 20; William Lloyd Music, 23; and James Russell Music, 20.
A manhunt began, involving the sheriff's office as well as law enforcement from Hillsville, the Virginia State Police, Fries, Galax, Grayson County and Mount Airy.
At about 7 p.m. Tuesday, someone contacted the sheriff's office and reported seeing the suspects near where they fled from the vehicle. Deputies surrounded an area on Baltimore Road and apprehended Corey Smith and James Music.
All of the men are from Mount Airy.
William Lloyd Music was charged with breaking and entering while armed with a deadly weapon; attempting to impede a law enforcement officer; reckless driving; destroying property; maliciously shooting at an occupied vehicle; three counts of attempted malicious wounding; maliciously shooting at a law enforcement officer; grand larceny of a firearm; grand larceny; reckless driving, damaged property; obstructing justice; attempted bodily injury to a law enforcement officer; destroying property; failing to stop; and knowingly and intentionally possessing a firearm after being a convicted felon.
Christopher Music was charged with breaking and entering while armed with a deadly weapon and two counts of grand larceny.
Corey Smith was charged with breaking and entering while armed with a deadly weapon; obstructing law enforcement officers; possessing a firearm after being a convicted felon; and larceny of a firearm.
James Music was charged with breaking and entering while armed with a deadly weapon; obstructing law enforcement officers; larceny of a firearm; and grand larceny.
All four men are being held in the Carroll County jail with no bond allowed.

Fourth suspect arrested in robbery and car chase

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