Criminal Law
Prosecutors Seek the Death Penalty in a North Carolina Triple Homicide Case
Prosecutors for the State of North Carolina announced that they will seek the death penalty in the triple homicide case against two Hickory men.
District Attorney David Learner said prosecutors will pursue capital punishment in the cases against Dontray Tyrell Cumberlander, 23, and Greydon Keith Hansen, 23.
Both men are charged with three counts of murder in the shooting deaths of Justin Michael Aiken, 21, Cody Manood Bouphavong, 21, and Quajuae Alexus Kennedy, 21.
Aiken and Bouphavong died Friday, April 7, 2017 and Kennedy died the next day. All three were shot outside J. McCroskey’s Irish Pub and Grill around 2:15 a.m. on April 7.
