On November 7, 2024 at about 12:52 p.m., deputies from the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office found 35-year-old Ervin Paul Brown Jr. on White Road in southern Alamance County, North Carolina. Brown had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say the shooting grew out of a dispute over a small sum of money that began the previous evening and escalated the next day.

Reports identify 42-year-old Jeffrey Brent Lucas as the person who, during the argument, brandished a firearm and allegedly shot Brown multiple times before leaving in a pickup truck. Deputies located and arrested Lucas after a brief search; he was charged with first-degree murder and held without bond at the Alamance County Detention Center.

Brown, a native of Graham, North Carolina, is described as a son, father of two, uncle and friend who enjoyed landscaping and was active in his community. Does anyone have information about the dispute or witnessed activity on White Road that afternoon?