Thomas Walker Nicholson, 24, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was killed on July 17, 1988, during a shooting spree in which four people were shot at close range with a .22-caliber rifle. The shooter, Charles Michael Hayes, told investigators he believed he was targeting demons; the other victims named were Crystal Cantrell, 16, Melinda Hayes, 29, and Ronald Lee Hull, 32. Hayes was taken into custody, hospitalized in critical condition before his condition was reported as satisfactory, and later transferred to the North Carolina Central Prison hospital unit while awaiting trial. He admitted to the shootings during questioning. The community and the victims’ families criticized deputies’ actions that day, alleging deputies allowed the victims to drive into Hayes’ range. Hayes was later found not guilty by reason of insanity, and R.B. Nicholson, Thomas’s father, won a wrongful death judgment against Hayes.

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