Dirk Anthony Lequia, 30, of Palmetto, Florida, was shot and killed on April 12, 2018, at Harbours Car Wash, 309 W. Makepeace St., in Sanford, North Carolina. The shooting was reported just before 1 p.m.; officers found Lequia with multiple gunshot wounds and he was taken to Central Carolina Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police described the incident as a broad-daylight, drug-related shooting and said the case was under investigation.
Within days, three men — Jontrell Orlando Wilson, 23; Shakur Antonio Sellers, 24; and Latavious Kwame McIver, 27, all from Sanford — were arrested and charged with first-degree murder and held in the Lee County Jail without bond, with a first court appearance scheduled for the following Monday. On April 14, 2018, a fourth person, Robert Fox Jr., 17, was also arrested and charged with first-degree murder and held without bond.
What details about the circumstances at the car wash or any witnesses could help explain how this drug-related dispute escalated to deadly violence?