On October 23, 2020, at about 10:51 a.m., deputies responded to a shooting at the intersection of N.C. Highway 41 South and Turkey Branch Road in Fairmont, North Carolina. Investigators found 19-year-old Takira Latonya Grissett and a 14-year-old male juvenile with gunshot wounds. Both were taken to Southeastern Health; Takira Grissett was pronounced dead upon arrival and the juvenile was treated and expected to recover.

Following the shooting, 23-year-old Justin Joseph Brown of Fairmont surrendered and was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, felonious restraint, assault with a deadly weapon, and assault by pointing a gun. Brown was held without bond at the Robeson County Detention Center. Court activity in late 2021 shows the case was postponed to March 2022 and that Brown’s attorney planned to seek a probable cause hearing if an indictment was not filed by then.

Takira Grissett, born December 2, 2000, graduated from Fairmont High School in 2019 and was remembered by family and friends in her obituary. Does anyone have information about Takira or about the events that morning in Fairmont?