Jamen Percell, courtesy of Sanford Police Department

City police on Saturday arrested a man in connection with a Thursday night shooting death at the Autumn Oaks apartment complex.

Jamen Malik Percell, 18, of 200 Scarlett Oak Lane in Sanford was charged with first degree murder around 7:20 p.m. Saturday.

Percell is accused in the killing of Chandler Cotton, 19, who was found in a breezeway at the apartment complex suffering from a gunshot wound Thursday night. He later died at Central Carolina Hospital.

Percell was placed in the Lee County Jail without bond.