On June 25, 2023, at about 4:08 p.m., deputies from the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office found 21-year-old Alex E. Taylor dead from gunshot wounds in the 5100 block of Smith Mill Road near Lumberton, North Carolina. A 46-year-old man, Nicky Jackson, was also found with a gunshot wound and later charged with second-degree murder in connection with Taylor’s death. Jackson was treated for his injuries and held in South Carolina pending extradition to North Carolina.

Taylor, born May 29, 2002, in Robeson County, is remembered by family as someone who loved hunting, fishing, riding his four-wheeler, and working on trucks. He worked at Dellinger and is survived by his mother, sister, nieces, and other relatives. The Homicide Division is continuing its investigation and asks anyone with information to come forward to assist.

Did anyone in the Lumberton area see or hear anything about a disturbance on Smith Mill Road that afternoon?