Karrington Odell Locklear, 25, was fatally shot in the early hours of Thanksgiving morning, November 27, 2025, on a rural stretch of Red Hill Road near Maxton in Robeson County, North Carolina. Two men who had been shot were taken from the scene to Scotland Medical Center. Locklear, reported as being from Wade, North Carolina, was transported in a privately owned vehicle and died shortly after arrival. A second victim, 20-year-old Michael Gray of Laurinburg, was treated for injuries described as non-life-threatening.

Authorities have asked anyone with information about the events on Red Hill Road that morning to contact the sheriff’s tip line.

Did anyone in the Maxton, Wade, or Laurinburg area see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?