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On August 31, 2017, 18-year-old Branique Stephan McKnight of Conover, North Carolina, was shot and killed at an apartment complex in Hickory around 4 p.m. Police found McKnight and 20-year-old Janarion Kaverio Knox of Hickory dead inside the apartment. Witnesses reported hearing seven gunshots and seeing a car leave the scene.

Investigators arrested 19-year-old Daniel Jeremiah Minton after he turned himself in the next day; Minton was charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of McKnight and Knox. Also arrested was 20-year-old Maurice Craig Brown, charged with two counts of accessory after the fact to murder and held on a $400,000 secured bond. Court appearances for both men were scheduled for September 22.

Family members and the local community expressed deep grief and a desire for justice. If anyone saw or heard anything at the apartment complex that afternoon, what information can be shared with authorities?