Uriah K Harding, 17, died after a shooting in Sanford, North Carolina, in the early hours of June 10, 2026. Sanford police were called about 1:30 a.m. to The Oaks apartment complex on Oak Branch Lane following reports of gunfire and a vehicle crash. Officers arriving on scene found a wounded teenager and multiple damaged vehicles; what began as a crash scene became a homicide investigation.

Police say Harding was shot while inside or operating a vehicle, then accelerated and struck several unoccupied vehicles, including a Lee County Sheriff’s Office patrol car. Emergency medical personnel began transporting him, but he died en route to the hospital. Authorities did not release details about what led up to the shooting, whether Harding knew the people charged, or what investigators believe sparked the encounter.

Two arrests were made the next day. Nineteen-year-old Naquan Tymarion Clegg of Brookfield Circle in Sanford was arrested around 5 p.m. on June 11 and charged with murder and discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle; he was held in the Lee County Jail without bond. A 17-year-old male surrendered around 11 p.m. that night and was charged with the same offenses; he was taken to the Wake County Juvenile Detention Center. Both were scheduled for first appearances on June 12. The police ask anyone with information about the shooting at The Oaks to contact investigators.

Did anyone in the Sanford area see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?