Joseph Christopher Crawford was 26 and from High Point, North Carolina. He was found with gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene of a parking lot outside a store on E. Lexington Avenue in High Point on the night of October 29, 2020.

The High Point Police Department identified and arrested a suspect, 52-year-old Ernest Dunlap, Jr., at his home and charged him with first-degree murder. Dunlap was placed in the High Point jail without bond. Police have not released details about a motive or any connection between Crawford and the suspect.

Anyone who witnessed the shooting or has information about what led to Joseph Crawford being in that parking lot on October 29, 2020, is asked to contact investigators.