Late Thursday night, a car barreled into a house in High Point and officers found the driver behind the wheel with multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to a hospital, where he died early Friday, leaving neighbors shaken and detectives with a complicated crime scene to untangle.
Police were called around 10:45 p.m. to the 500 block of Anaheim Street, where they discovered the wounded driver, according to the High Point Police Department. Guilford County EMS took him to a hospital in critical condition, and he died several hours later. Investigators later identified him as 35-year-old Stanley J. Lerebours of Raleigh. No arrests have been made.
What investigators say
Detectives do not believe the shooting and the crash happened in the same place. Investigators think Lerebours was shot somewhere else, then drove off and ultimately crashed into the home, as reported by The Charlotte Observer. Police are still working to pinpoint where the gunfire first erupted and are asking anyone with information to come forward.
City context
According to the department, this is High Point’s third criminal homicide so far this year. The High Point Police Department’s 2025 annual report notes that overall crime fell last year while reports of violent crime inched up, a split trend that sets a complicated backdrop for 2026. For a deeper breakdown of the numbers, see the High Point Police Department 2025 annual report…