Derion Hinson, 23, was fatally shot on May 7, 2016, in the parking lot of the Four Points Convenient Mart on North Walnut Street during Fairmont’s May Day festival. Another person, Ricky Williams, was wounded in the same incident and survived.

Authorities arrested 32-year-old Charlton Townsend of the Fairmont area and charged him with second-degree murder in connection with Hinson’s death, plus two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, discharging a firearm in the city limits, and criminal damage to real property. Townsend was taken into custody at a residence on Pleasant Hope Road and held in the Robeson County jail on $1 million bond.

The Fairmont Police Department and the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office investigated the shooting; Investigator Scott Jacobs of the Fairmont Police Department is mentioned as having a key role. Hinson was an active member of St. John AME Church and is remembered by family and friends. Does anyone have information about that May Day festival or the events in the Four Points parking lot that day?