On the evening of February 10, 2023, at about 7:48 p.m., a 911 caller reported a shooting at a residence on Hughes Grove Church Road in the Noahtown community of Davidson County, North Carolina. Emergency responders found 35-year-old Brandon Roy Hancock deceased from gunshot wounds. Detectives identified 33-year-old David Randall Gallimore of Randolph County as a suspect; a search warrant at Gallimore’s residence was executed and he was arrested and charged with one count of murder. He was booked into the Davidson County Jail without bond.

Brandon Hancock was a lifelong resident of Thomasville, born March 11, 1987, to Roy Bryan Hancock and Vida Hale Hicks. He is survived by his parents, two children Kainin and Brielle Hancock, a brother Bradley Hancock and his family, and extended relatives. A visitation took place February 22, 2023, at J.C. Green and Sons Funeral Home. The investigation into the circumstances of Hancock’s death is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Everhart at the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office, (336) 242-2136, or Lexington Area Crime Stoppers, (336) 243-2400. Do readers in the area have any information that could help the investigation?