Steven Ray Locklear, 36, of Raeford, North Carolina, was found with gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene in Shannon on February 24, 2020. Deputies responded about 3:30 AM after a report that two people had been shot. Darrell Dennard, 39, of Shannon, was also shot but survived.

According to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office, Dennard returned home to find four to five people with their faces covered exiting an SUV armed with guns. An exchange of gunfire followed; the suspects then fled and the Homicide Division opened an investigation. Locklear was born September 22, 1983, to Jerry Oxendine and Annette Locklear and is survived by his wife Rachel Edwards Locklear, his mother Annette, and multiple siblings, nieces and nephews. He enjoyed family, fishing, and four-wheelers.

The investigation remains active and anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office. Does anyone in the area have information that could help bring the people responsible to justice?