Authorities identify two Va. motorcyclists who were fatally shot while riding in N.C.

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Authorities identify two Va. motorcyclists who were fatally shot while riding in N.C.

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Authorities identify two Va. motorcyclists who were fatally shot while riding in N.C.

BY SUSIE C. SPEAR RockinghamNow Jun 11, 2021 Updated 3 hrs ago

WENTWORTH — Authorities on Thursday identified the two motorcyclists killed last month in a shooting on U.S. 29 bypass in Reidsville as Virginia residents. ... Kwandre' Marcell Carey, 24, of Montross, Va., and Haneefa Fitzgerald, 42, of Fredericksburg, Va., were shot and killed as they rode along U.S. 29 on May 24, a spokesman for the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office said Thursday. ... Carey was pronounced dead at the scene and Fitzgerald died at an area hospital, the spokesman said in a news release.

Fitzgerald served in the U.S. Marines for 15 years before her retirement in 2015, according to a resume Fitzgerald published online via Wordpress, describing herself as a freelance journalist. An administrative assistant who dealt with human resources issues within her branch of service, Fitzgerald was awarded three U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals and a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for her work, the resume said.

Another person riding with Carey and Fitzgerald was shot and is being treated at an area hospital. Sheriff Sam Page did not disclose the survivor's name out of concern for the rider's safety, the sheriff's office said.

On Wednesday afternoon, shooting suspect Martin Cox Jr., 41, of Browns Summit, who authorities said targeted the motorcyclists, was extradited to Rockingham County from a Kentucky jail to face charges in the shootings. ... The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation's Flight Team assisted in bringing Cox from Kentucky to North Carolina, officials said in the release.

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Anyone with information should call 911, the sheriff’s office at 336-634-3232 or Rockingham County Crime Stoppers Hotline at 336-349-9683.

[pandr32]

1. Good grief!

This country is becoming terrifying.

[oswaldactedalone]

2. Browns Summit, NC

Is in the northeastern part of Guilford County. Greensboro is the major city in that county and is pretty liberal for NC. However, once you leave the city limits you enter right-wing hell. Browns Summit was heavy KKK country up through the 80s and is one of those areas where Republicans love to gin up the hate. There are plenty of rednecks there who are happy to oblige them.

This is becoming a scary country to live in.

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3. Shooter looks to be AA - although the photo in one of the articles isn't the greatest.

Could be motorcycle club related.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. The issue of club rivalry was raised in the article. I had to snip those paragraphs.

Thanks for writing.

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6. Not like I'm a KKK apologist, but the thread went toward this being about race.

[Midnight Writer]

4. Mad dogs in our streets with the best weapons money can buy.