On December 27, 2023, Lee André Foster, 59, was fatally shot during an altercation in an unincorporated area west of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in the 1000 block of Ferguson Road. Deputies found Foster with a single gunshot wound to the back of his head; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Foster, born February 13, 1964, in Trinity, North Carolina, was remembered for a kind spirit and jovial personality and had worked as a truck driver, customer service representative, and houseman in the hotel industry. The suspect, 54-year-old Darron Nelson Downey, who was acquainted with Foster, was present and taken into custody; he was charged with second-degree murder and held without bond. Authorities say the incident appears isolated and not an ongoing threat. The investigation is ongoing; anyone with information is asked to contact Investigator Nazworth at the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Did anyone who knew Lee or saw activity on Ferguson Road that night speak to investigators?