Uriah K Harding, 17, died after a shooting in Sanford, North Carolina, in the early hours of June 10, 2026. The incident unfolded at The Oaks apartment complex on Oak Branch Lane, where Sanford police were called around 1:30 a.m. after reports of both gunfire and a vehicle crash. When officers arrived, they found a wounded teenager and several damaged vehicles, turning what first appeared to be a crash scene into a homicide investigation.
Police said Harding had been shot while inside or
operating a vehicle. After being struck by gunfire, he apparently accelerated and crashed into multiple unoccupied vehicles, including a Lee County Sheriff’s Office patrol car. Emergency medical personnel began transporting him for treatment, but he died while en route to the hospital. Authorities did not publicly release details about what led up to the shooting, whether Harding knew the people accused, or what investigators believe sparked the encounter.
Two arrests were made the following day. Sanford police arrested 19-year-old Naquan Tymarion Clegg, of Brookfield Circle in Sanford, around 5 p.m. on June 11 at his home. Clegg was charged with murder and discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle. He was placed in the Lee County Jail without bond.
A second suspect, identified only as a 17-year-old boy because of his age, surrendered to police around 11 p.m. that same night. He was charged with the same offenses: murder and discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle. Police said he was taken to the Wake County Juvenile Detention Center. Both suspects were scheduled for first appearances in court on June 12.
As of the available reporting, police had not released a motive, had not publicly described the exact sequence of the shooting beyond the crash that followed, and had not named the juvenile suspect. The case remained active, with Sanford police asking anyone with information about the shooting at The Oaks to contact investigators.
