TAR HEEL, NC (WWAY) — A 20-year-old man was fatally shot early Sunday morning near a trail ride event in Bladen County, according to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office.
At approximately 12:30 a.m. on July 20, the Bladen County 911 Call Center received reports of gunfire in the area of Spring Branch Road in Tar Heel, where the trail ride had started earlier that day and was still ongoing.
Deputies arrived to find Samir Tileek Register suffering from a gunshot wound on the side of the road. Life-saving measures were performed at the scene, but Register later died from his injuries, Sheriff Jim McVicker said in a news release…