We saw 35 inter-racial homicides reported in the month of June. The suspects were black, with two exceptions presumed to be Hispanic. All the victims were white, except for possible Hispanics.
- Jerry Smothers, age 63, fatally shot in Fayetteville, NC
Arrested was 22-year-old Dahsir Thomas Welch who faces charges of “first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, larceny of a motor vehicle and possession of a stolen motor vehicle” [Sister of murdered Fayetteville security guard says shooting ‘may be a hate crime’, by Aaron Thomas, wral.com, June 29 2021]
Smothers was working as a security guard at a renovation site where he was shot execution style. The shooter took the victims’ wallet and his pickup truck.