Daniel Acy, 39, was shot and killed on Main Street in Henrietta, North Carolina, on the evening of Thursday, May 28, 2026. He was pronounced dead from a fatal shooting before emergency medical services arrived. Dispatch audio from the scene captured a male voice saying someone had pulled a gun on him, and deputies conducted numerous interviews as they worked to reconstruct the sequence of events.

That same day authorities arrested 38-year-old Steven Thomas Hodge, listed as having no fixed address, and charged him with murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The firearm charge alleges Hodge had a Ruger 10/22 rifle despite a prior felony kidnapping conviction in 2016. Court filings list an extensive criminal history for Hodge, including convictions for felony larceny, assault on a person with a disability, breaking and entering, felony possession of methamphetamine, communicating threats, assault by strangulation, second-degree kidnapping, identity-theft offenses, violation of a protective order, battery of an unborn child, and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.

Hodge appeared in Rutherford District Court on May 28, was appointed a public defender, waived a probable cause hearing, and was ordered held without bond; further proceedings were set for June 10. The investigation remains active as the community awaits additional evidence and legal action.

If anyone witnessed the incident on Main Street or has information about what led to the shooting, please come forward.