On the evening of October 11, 2024, officers from the Graham Police Department responded to a reported shooting in the 400 block of East Hill Street in Graham, North Carolina. Two men were found with gunshot wounds. Twenty-eight-year-old Jamal Isaiah Thorpe of Graham was pronounced dead at the scene. Twenty-nine-year-old Kenneth Uriah Francis of Burlington was airlifted to a local trauma center with life-threatening injuries and died the following day.

Authorities arrested 52-year-old Derrick Ramont Spencer of Graham and charged him with one count of first-degree murder and one count of possessing a stolen firearm; police said additional charges were possible as the investigation continued. Investigators have not released a motive or further details about what led to the shooting. A graveside service for Kenneth Uriah Francis was held on October 28, 2024, at Glennview Cemetery in Durham.

If anyone has information that could assist the investigation, please share what is known with the Graham Police Department.