Overview
- Deputies responded just after 1 a.m. Saturday to a large Halloween house party on Dixon Drive outside Maxton, where gunfire erupted.
- The deceased were identified as 16-year-old Nehemiah Locklear and 49-year-old Jessie Locklear Jr., and authorities said they are not related.
- Eleven additional victims were hospitalized with ages ranging from the late teens to early 40s, including one with life-threatening injuries.
- More than 150 people fled before law enforcement arrived from a crowd estimated near 300, complicating the investigation.
- Homicide investigators with assistance from the ATF and neighboring agencies report no arrests and say the incident appears isolated while urging witnesses to come forward.