Edgar Dewayne Yancey, 36, was fatally shot on the evening of October 3, 2019, in a quadruple shooting on South Foushee Street in Roxboro, North Carolina. He was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds; three other people were wounded. Terry Yellock Junior, 33, and H.T. Bass, 66, were taken to Duke University Hospital; Shawn Shewdel Satterfield was treated at Person Memorial Hospital and released.

The Roxboro Police Department described the shooting as a senseless act and said they were investigating whether multiple shooters were involved and whether the victims knew the assailants. The motive was believed to be robbery. No arrests had been announced and no suspect information was released.

Yancey was a native of Person County and is survived by his children Khaleef Dewayne Yancey and Andrea L. Burton, his parents Earl Wayne and Rena Yancey, and his siblings Earl Demond Yancey and Erica Yancey. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Edgar, please come forward to help the investigation.