A man was found shot dead on a residential road northwest of Pembroke, North Carolina, in the early hours of Thursday, November 12, and by the end of the day Robeson County homicide investigators had charged two people with first-degree murder in what the sheriff's office describes as a robbery that ended in a fatal shooting — and named a third person, a woman from Parkton, as wanted on the same charges, according to the Robeson County Sheriff's Office as reported by The Robesonian and WMBF.
Source: The Robesonian, citing Robeson County Sheriff's Office
Deputies responded at approximately 6:43 a.m. on Thursday to Halo Drive, northwest of Pembroke, for a person who had been shot, The Robesonian reported, citing the sheriff's office. Kyle Ethan Flannigan, 35, of Pembroke, was found dead when deputies arrived. WMBF, in a report by Gianna Cognetti published at 10:09 p.m. Eastern on November 12, gave the same response time and the same account: deputies responded to the area of Pembroke around 6:43 a.m. Thursday and found Kyle Flannigan, 35, dead.
Source: WMBF, Gianna Cognetti, Nov 12, 2026
The two people charged, and the woman who is wanted
The Robesonian, citing the sheriff's office, said homicide investigators arrested and charged Bradley Wayne Locklear, 28, and Shannon Lowery, 34, both of Red Springs, with first-degree murder, felony conspiracy, and robbery with a dangerous weapon. WMBF reported the same three charges against Bradley Locklear, 28, and Shannon Lowery, 34, of Red Springs. Both are being held in the custody of the Robeson County Detention Center without bond, The Robesonian reported.
Source: The Robesonian, citing Robeson County Sheriff's Office
A third person is still being sought. The Robesonian said Meeghan L. Hammonds, 46, of Parkton, is wanted for first-degree murder, felony conspiracy, and robbery with a dangerous weapon. WMBF likewise reported that Meeghan Hammonds, 46, is wanted for the same charges, according to the sheriff's office. Neither account says Hammonds is in custody, and neither account read for this report says she has been arrested since the charges were announced.
Source: WMBF, Gianna Cognetti, Nov 12, 2026
First-degree murder, felony conspiracy and robbery with a dangerous weapon are charges, not convictions. In the release quoted by The Robesonian, the Robeson County Sheriff's Office said: “Under our system of justice, every person is presumed to be innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.” The same release noted that the sheriff's office does not set bond amounts — a judge or magistrate does, under North Carolina General Statute 15A-532.
What investigators have not said
The accounts released so far leave the central questions open. No account read for this report printed a house number on Halo Drive, a motive, any relationship among Flannigan, Locklear, Lowery and Hammonds, or a list of what, if anything, was taken in the alleged robbery. No court date, no lawyer for any of the three, and no public statement from Locklear, Lowery or Hammonds appears in either account. Readers should treat those gaps as gaps: this report does not fill them, and the sheriff's office has not filled them either.
Source: The Robesonian and WMBF, compared Nov 13, 2026
The Robesonian said the investigation remains active and is being conducted by the sheriff's office Homicide Division. Both The Robesonian and WMBF reported the same appeal: anyone with information is asked to call the Robeson County Sheriff's Office at 910-671-3100. Anyone in immediate danger should call 911, not the tip line.
Source: The Robesonian, citing Robeson County Sheriff's Office
Background: Pembroke and Robeson County
Pembroke is a town in Robeson County in southern North Carolina, near the South Carolina line and the Interstate 95 corridor that carries heavy truck and through traffic between the Southeast and the Northeast. It is the cultural and civic centre of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and home to the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Halo Drive, where deputies were called, lies northwest of the town. Robeson County is a largely rural county, and its sheriff's office is the primary law-enforcement agency for unincorporated areas such as the one where Flannigan was found — which is why the county Homicide Division, not a town police department, is leading this investigation.
North Carolina law treats a killing committed during a robbery as among the most serious homicide charges the state can bring, and “robbery with a dangerous weapon” is the state's armed-robbery charge. Those are descriptions of the charges as filed, not findings: the state will still have to prove every element in court, and each of the three people named by the sheriff's office — the two in jail and the woman who is wanted — is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
Impact on the community, and what happens next
For a small community, a fatal shooting on a residential road in the early morning, followed within hours by murder charges and a public appeal for a third person, is the kind of case that travels fast and unsettles widely — neighbours on and around Halo Drive woke to a homicide investigation on their street, and the sheriff's office is asking the public, rather than only its own deputies, to supply the information that completes the picture. For through travellers and truckers on the I-95 and US-74 corridors in Robeson County, there is no reported road closure or wider public-safety warning attached to this case; the active public ask is the tip line, 910-671-3100.
What happens next is procedural and public: the search for Meeghan L. Hammonds, the first court appearances for Locklear and Lowery as their cases move through Robeson County court, and any further release from the Homicide Division on motive, relationships or property taken. Until the sheriff's office or the court puts those facts on the record, they remain unknown — and this story will be updated only from that record, not from rumour.