Jacob Lawrence McBryde, 21, of Red Springs, North Carolina, was fatally shot early on May 24, 2020. Officers responded to reports of shots fired into an occupied home on the 400 block of East Sixth Avenue; Jacob was struck, airlifted to a hospital, and later died of his injuries.

Jacob was born December 3, 1998, the son of Lawrence McBryde and the late Reba Harrington McBryde. He was described as devoted to home life and church, raised at St. Peters Deliverance Church of God in Southern Pines, and remembered as kind and gentle who enjoyed watching TV and playing video games.

The Red Springs Police Department, working with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, is investigating the shooting; no arrests have been announced and police have asked the public for information. Does anyone who lived in or near East Sixth Avenue in May 2020 have information that could help the investigation?