John Keven Hopkins, 41, of Laurinburg was found dead from a gunshot wound inside a vehicle on the morning of Saturday, January 31, 2026. A landowner discovered the car parked on the backside of property near the state line in Gibson, North Carolina, and law enforcement determined the shooting to be fatal.

The Scotland County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation with assistance from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina because of the location and circumstances.

Anyone who may have seen a vehicle parked in that area around the state line on January 31 or who has information about Hopkins’s movements is asked to come forward.