- A North Carolina jail accidentally released a man charged with first-degree murder.
- Jaylan Noah Davis turned himself back in the next day to the Mecklenburg County Jail.
A suspect in a North Carolina murder case turned himself back in on Friday after jail staff accidentally released him due to a "clerical error" the day before.
Police arrested and charged Jaylan Noah Davis, 25, with murder last year in connection with a shooting that left 42-year-old Arthur Mikulski dead in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Davis is facing charges of first-degree murder, two counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Davis was processed and released on Thursday from the Mecklenburg County Jail — where he was being held without bond —as the result of an incorrect court order indicating charges against him had been dropped, Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden said in a statement posted to Twitter on Saturday.
—Meck Sheriff (@MeckSheriff) April 15, 2023
The Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office, which oversees the jail, did not immediately return Insider's request for comment on Saturday.
McFadden said that he is grateful that no one got hurt after the accidental release, but he said the ordeal was an "emotional rollercoaster for the families involved," according to the sheriff's department.
"Our criminal justice system will never be flawless, but we will learn from this experience and improve our processes accordingly," McFadden said in the statement.