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Published: 2013-01-01 11:43:00
Updated: 2013-01-01 21:37:34

Two charged in fatal Clayton shooting


Monteese Ray, New Year's Day shooting in Clayton
Monteese Ray, New Year's Day shooting in Clayton
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Two men were charged Tuesday night in an early morning shooting at a New Year's party in Clayton that left one man dead and two others wounded.

Monteese Sharick Ray, 35, of Ranch Road in Clayton, was charged with first-degree murder, and Marcellus Caryle Sinclair, 29, also of Ranch Road, was charged with two counts of attempted murder. Ray was being held without bond in the Johnston County jail, and Sinclair was held under a $9 million bond.

A fight broke out in the American Legion Post 71, which was rented for a party, and spilled outside around 2 a.m. Shots were fired and three people were hit, Johnston County authorities said.

Friends took one of the shooting victims, Daniel Anthony Laboy Jr., 19, of Clayton, to Johnston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The wounded men were identified as Jimmy Rashawn Raiford, 23, of Smithfield, and Marcus Dominque Faison, 20, of Four Oaks. They were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

Deputies haven't determined a motive for the shooting, which remains under investigation, authorities said.


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The man killed was just in the news a couple of months ago for shooting someone in the face? Why was he out, out of jail and out on the town? Charge whomever was serving alcohol to these people.

It's sad that more people are concerned with banning fox pens in NC than working together to reduce homicide cases like this one based on the number of posts. I suupose that to some liberals saving foxes is more important than working to save minority males who are either homicide suspects or victims.

@NotUrTypicalAmerican

Most certainly the music plays a huge factor. Most bars/places with no cover that are Top 40 spots, the lyrics are not inciting violence. I don't want to fight someone listening to Usher, Pitbull, Kesha, etc. But at a party where you are listening to 2Chainz, Chief Keef, Trinidad James, Pastor Troy, etc. you are bouncing more and drinking a little bit more. My experiences are very narrow, but I worked nightclub security and we know when the fights are breaking out due the music sets that play and more guys are on the floor than girls are. That's all I'm saying. Bad advice of course because when guys go out, we go out 5-10 deep and most of the time drama happens, it's react 1st and ask questions later. So of course if we are bouncing and 1 crew bounces into another, that usually is the recipe for disaster.

Sometimes it's best to walk, run, jog, skip or just drive away from a confrontation!

Question, How are bond amounts set? One guy has no bond, so he's sitting still for a while, we hope. The other guy a 9 million bond! You mean if it was say, 5 million, he might have come up with it, and be out??

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