On September 16, 2023, at about 2:30 a.m., officers responded to a shooting at a Tussey Street residence in Lexington, North Carolina. Inside the home they found 31-year-old Robert Grant dead of gunshot wounds. A 41-year-old woman, Britany Bethea, was taken by private vehicle to a local hospital with gunshot injuries and later died.

Investigators say a large party at the residence turned violent after an altercation, resulting in the fatal shootings. Authorities initially treated the event as isolated and released few details while the probe continued. On November 3, 2023, police, with the U.S. Marshals Carolinas Regional Task Force, arrested 37-year-old Darius Bethea on murder and multiple weapons and drug charges; a 20-year-old, AAlysa ZoMarya Hairston, was arrested on harboring a fugitive and drug-related charges.

Anyone with information about the shootings or who was at the Tussey Street party is asked to contact the Lexington Police Department or Lexington Area Crime Stoppers.