Colon Kelly Hunt, 64, of Red Springs, North Carolina, died of gunshot wounds on the morning of September 11, 2020, at a home on Old Lowery Road and was pronounced at Southeastern Medical Center in Lumberton. Deputies from the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the shooting; the Homicide Division handled the investigation.

Authorities identified a verbal dispute between Hunt and his neighbor, Charles Locklear Jr., 42, as the event that led to the shooting. Locklear was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; he was held in custody without bond and given a $100,000 secured bond on the firearms charge.

Hunt was remembered as a devoted family man and is survived by three sisters, a stepdaughter, a special niece, four nephews, five nieces and other relatives. Did anyone in the Red Springs area witness the dispute or the shooting and has information to share?