Michael Deshai Lee, 51, was shot and killed on September 27, 2022, at the University Gardens Condominiums in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Responding officers found him dead from a gunshot wound after the shooting, which occurred just after 6:15 p.m. Three other people were injured and survived.

A week later, authorities arrested 29-year-old Michael Jerome Henry of Durham. He was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals with the Carolina Regional Fugitive Task Force and charged with murder, attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, assault with a deadly weapon, and shooting into an occupied vehicle. He is being held at the Orange County Detention Center without bond. The motive has not been released and the investigation remains ongoing.

Lee was born January 2, 1971, in Orange County. He enjoyed woodworking, basketball, baseball, football, and fishing. He was preceded in death by his mother, Cathy Ann Lee, and is survived by his father, Robert Neville, his maternal grandmother Pearl Lee, and other relatives and friends. If anyone knew Michael or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.