Man charged with murder after sports bar shooting near Roxboro

Monday, July 18, 2016
ROXBORO, NC (WTVD) -- The Person County Sheriff's Office says two men got into an argument after brushing against each other in the Shifters Sports Bar west of Roxboro and one pulled out a gun and shot the other.

Deputies said it happened Saturday night at the bar on Semora Road (Hwy 57).
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Melvin "Brent" Adcock, 44, of Person County was killed.

The sheriff's office has charged 60-year-old Joseph Clyde James of Roxboro with first-degree murder. James is a convicted felon and should not have had a gun.

Deputies searched his home and found more guns. Drug charges are also pending.
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He was being held without bond in the Person County jail.






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