On January 13, 2012, Daniel Thomas Davis, 32, of Star, North Carolina, was killed in a shooting at McBride Lumber Company. The attack occurred when 50-year-old Ronald Dean Davis entered the warehouse with a 12-gauge shotgun and opened fire, killing Daniel and at least two other men, including Jose Galdino Lopez Izquierdo, 25, of Asheboro. Florentino Tellez Aparicio, 21, of Candor, was critically wounded; sixteen people were at the lumber yard during the shooting.

Ronald Dean Davis, who had worked at McBride for about a decade and was described as disgruntled, was later found at his home in the Ether community with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and died the next day at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. Authorities said Ronald and Daniel were cousins, but it was unclear whether Daniel was an intended target. A six-page letter described as rambling was recovered at Ronald Davis’ house and was being examined for motive.

If anyone knew Daniel, worked at McBride Lumber, or has information about what happened that day, please share what you know.