2 attempted-murder suspects remain at large after shootout at Circle K in Clayton
The Clayton Police Department is searching for two men charged with attempted murder in last week’s shooting at the Circle K in Clayton.
Jamarrea Tyrek Taylor and Marquise Lashawn Taylor also face charges of discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, and damage to property for the shooting that damaged the Circle K store, a Food Lion and a nail salon on Thursday.
A third suspect, Reginald Derrell Sanders Jr., turned himself in that night, police said in a news release Monday.
Officers responded to a call of shots fired at the Circle K at 10081 U.S. 70 Business West shortly before 5 a.m.
They found an employee in a locked restroom. and shell casings outside the store and BP gas station, as well as in the parking lot of an adjacent shopping center.
Bullets had shattered windows of the Circle K, a Food Lion and Queen Nails and Spa, but no employees of the businesses were injured, The News & Observer previously reported.
Authorities say two people were in a verbal confrontation that began inside the Circle K and continued outside.
One of them left the parking lot in a gray Toyota Avalon following a white Nissan SUV. Someone fired at the people in the Toyota from a black Dodge Challenger.
Marquise Taylor, who was in the Toyota, was shot in the leg, according to the news release.
People in both vehicles fired “numerous rounds” at each other through the parking lot, resulting in stray bullets damaging nearby property.
Police charged Sanders Jr. with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of shooting into an occupied vehicle and structure, and damage to property, police said.
Police ask anyone with information in the case including the Taylors’ whereabouts to call police at 919-553-4611.
This story was originally published November 3, 2022 at 5:25 PM.
