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Lexington police charged Davonte Kind with first-degree murder in the South Talbert Boulevard party shooting.
ABC45, WFMY, and WXII reported that Kind, 25, of Thomasville, is charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon in the death of Robert Jermaine Thomas, 44, of Salisbury. Officers found Thomas shot at 1000 South Talbert Boulevard at 1:23 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. Kind was taken into custody that afternoon at Duke University Hospital. Bond and a court date had not been posted.
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The public record so far is a party, an altercation, a car driven away from the scene, and two people shot. Police say Thomas died and that Kind was treated for a gunshot wound of his own before he was arrested. They have not said who fired, what was taken to support the robbery count, or whether anyone else was involved. Bond and a court date were not in the Sunday accounts. Those blanks are what the charging paperwork, once it is public, either fills in or leaves for a lawyer.
Davonte Martese Kind, 25, of Thomasville, North Carolina, is charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon in the shooting death of Robert Jermaine Thomas, 44, of Salisbury, the Lexington Police Department said, as reported by ABC45, WFMY, WXII, and FOX8. FOX8 attributed the identification to City of Lexington communications manager John Bullard. ABC45 reported Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, that bond and court information were not yet available.
Officers were sent at 1:23 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, to 1000 South Talbert Boulevard after a call reporting a shooting, those outlets reported. They found Thomas with gunshot wounds, gave emergency aid, and had him taken to Lexington Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Investigators said a large party was underway and that an altercation led to the shooting. WFMY described it as a fight. FOX8 described it as an argument. WXII called it an altercation. None of those accounts said who fired or what the dispute was about.
Detectives said Kind left in Thomas's vehicle, which was later recovered in Thomasville, ABC45 and WFMY reported. They said Kind was taken by private vehicle to Duke University Hospital in Durham for a gunshot wound he sustained in the incident, and that hospital staff medically cleared him before he was taken into custody there at 12:45 p.m. Saturday. Police said detectives processed scenes in Lexington and Thomasville and are still working to determine whether anyone else was involved. The department thanked the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Thomasville police, the Davidson County Sheriff's Office, the Davidson County District Attorney's Office, Duke University Hospital, and Durham police. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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