Dewey Ervin Gray, 54, known as Dew Drop, was shot during an altercation and died August 29, 2016, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Deputies found him lying in his driveway at 5985 Foster Road in Woodleaf and Gray told them he had been shot by a man known as Booker before he was transported to the hospital and later succumbed to his injuries.

James Leonard Stewart, 21, who lived in a camper behind his mother’s home at 5075 Foster Road, was arrested and charged with Gray’s murder. Stewart’s mother, Wanda Stewart, said the confrontation began with an argument between Gray and her son’s girlfriend and that her son shot Gray in the chest with a 25-gauge firearm, allegedly while trying to protect her. Investigators later recovered a 25 automatic bullet from an ashtray in the camper and discovered several one pot meth labs at Stewart’s residence.

Anyone who knew Dewey Gray or who has information about the events at Foster Road is asked to come forward.