HAMLET — Two brothers are facing attempted murder charges, suspected in an early May shoot-out.
According to investigators with the Hamlet Police Department, 20-year-old Jaylen Jimmy Lee Williams-McLean and 30-year-old Deshaun Franklin Delaney Williams were in court Thursday when they were served with warrants connected to the shooting.
Police reportedly responded to a call of multiple shots being fired on Buttercup Drive around 6:30 p.m. May 4.
Investigators believe that the shooting was the result of a problem between the Williams brothers and Nicholas Termaine McCary.
McCary was reportedly standing outside the home when the Williams brothers drove up and opened fire.
Police charged McCary with shooting someone else near the scene who police don’t believe was involved.
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A search warrant was executed at the Williams home soon after the shooting and police reportedly recovered marijuana and guns.
Each brother was charged with possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule VI controlled substance, maintaining a place for a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia in connection to the search. Those were the charges the Williams brothers were attending court for when they were arrested.
On Thursday, each of the brothers was charged with attempted first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Deshaun Williams was also charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.
They are currently being held without bond in the Richmond County Jail and are scheduled to appear in court Sept. 12.
McCary’s next court date in this case is scheduled for Oct. 3, according to jail records.
Records with the N.C. Department of Adult Correction show Deshaun Williams was previously convicted in 2012 on two counts of misdemeanor larceny; and in 2013 on one misdemeanor count each of possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
South Carolina court records show Deshaun Williams was convicted in Marlboro County of third-degree burglary in 2014.
Jaylen Williams-McLean appears to have no prior convictions.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
