DANVILLE, Va. – Danville Police have charged 18-year-old Traquon L. Allen of Danville with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony in Tuesday night’s shooting death of Xavier N. Carson.

Allen is currently in the custody of North Carolina authorities pending extradition back to Virginia.

Danville Police were called to 600 block of Edmunds Street about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday after receiving a report that a man had been shot in the chest. They responded to the Cardinal Village Apartments and found Carson suffering from a gunshot wound. He died as a result of the injury.

Carson’s body will be taken to the state medical examiner’s office in Roanoke for an autopsy.

Police have not commented on a possible motive in the fatal shooting but say they are continuing their investigation.