Juvenile found dead at NC cemetery, deputies rule homicide

GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Deputies with the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office identified a homicide victim on Tuesday.

At around 6 a.m. on Monday, deputies came to the 4900 block of Harvest Road in McLeansville after getting a 911 call about an “unknown problem, man down,” according to a GCSO news release.

The victim was identified as a juvenile. He had been shot multiple times.

The address is associated with the Greensboro Islamic Cemetery. Deputies say that so
far, the evidence indicates that the homicide did not happen inside the cemetery itself.

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At this time, the incident appears to be isolated and is not being investigated as a hate crime.

The investigation is ongoing.

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