Kevin D. Commander, a 59-year-old Black man from High Point, North Carolina, died on January 12, 2026, after being shot following an argument at the Circle K on East Parris Avenue. The confrontation began inside the store between Commander and a clerk, then moved outside, where Commander was shot. He was found with a gunshot wound around 6:35 p.m., taken to a local hospital in critical condition, and later died.

The suspect was identified as 20-year-old Kiheem T. Sessoms of High Point. He fled the scene but later surrendered and was initially charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury; after Commander’s death the charge was upgraded to murder. Sessoms is being held in the Guilford County Jail on bond set at $350,000. The High Point Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit is continuing the investigation.

Did anyone witness the argument inside the store or see what happened outside the Circle K that evening?