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Taurus Locklear

Case from Lumberton, NC dated Aug 05, 2016

Victim Details

Taurus Locklear

Male

Lumberton

NC

2016-08-05

29

Taurus

Locklear

07/05/2026

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Taurus Lyn Locklear, a 29-year-old man from Rowland, North Carolina, tragically died on August 5, 2016, from gunshot wounds. His body was discovered in a car parked with its engine running on Woodland Avenue in Lumberton. The Robeson County Sheriff's Office investigated his death as a homicide.

Locklear had a complex legal history. He had previously been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Brandon Lee Hunt in Fairmont in 2011. However, the charges against Locklear we ...
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  • WNCN: NC man cleared in 2011 murder is found dead in running car
  • WPDE: Man found shot death in running car in Robeson County
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