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3 men charged in connection with woman's death at Cook Out restaurant in North Carolina


Two men have been charged with murder in the death of 29-year-old Davicia Jean Ann Lee at a Cook Out restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, last month. A third is facing a weapons charge.

Two men have been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a woman at the fast-food restaurant Cook Out in North Carolina.

Twenty-three-year-old Alexander Kenyon Carlton Jr. and 19-year-old Calvin Jerade Spence Jr. have been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 29-year-old Davicia Jean Ann Lee late last month in Durham, the Durham County Sheriff's Office said in a news release on Friday.

A third man, 18-year-old Jamari Treyvon McKnight, is charged with one count of going armed to the terror of the people, which basically means terrorizing someone with a weapon like a gun.

Paste BN could not immediately find attorneys representing the three men.

The shooting occurred just after 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 at the Cook Out on South Miami Boulevard, according to the sheriff's office. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found Lee dead.

The sheriff's office called the shooting "an isolated incident" that happened after shots broke out following a fight, WNCN-TV reported.

Arrests made in fatal shooting of Davicia Jean Ann Lee

Detectives arrested Spence and Carlton on Thursday and took them to the Durham County Detention Center without bond on charges of carrying a concealed gun, felony conspiracy, going armed to the terror of the people and first-degree murder, the sheriff's office said.

McKnight was also taken into custody and arrested Thursday night on misdemeanor going armed to the terror of the people, according to the sheriff's office. The Morrisville police arrested him and he is currently being held in the Wake County Detention Center until his first court appearance, the agency added.

The investigation into Lee's homicide is ongoing, while all findings are now in the process of being turned over to the Durham County District Attorney's Office for prosecution, according to the sheriff's office.