(Des Moines, IA) -- A third person is facing charges in a deadly drug deal in Des Moines. Police say 26-year-old Cedrick Thomas Jr was arrested in Detroit. Police earlier arrested 19-year-old Violet Terry and 21-year-old Darion Hermes in connection with the death of 22-year-old Charles Lovelady July 31st. Police say Lovelady was shot July 31st, in the 13-hundred block of 12th Street. Lovelady died of his injuries at Broadlawns Medical Center.
The three are charged with 1st Degree Murder and 1st Degree Robbery. Hermes also faces a charge of Felon in Possession of a Firearm.