On Sunday, May 14th, 2023, three males were killed after their truck ran into a house during a high speed chase in Shelby, NC. Keandre Kirkland, Fabian Crosby, and Elijah Mccoy were all killed.
At 1:07 am, Cleveland County E-911 Communications received a 911 call transfer from Cherokee County, SC, Sheriff’s Office.
The female caller said that she was a passenger in a car that had been shot at from a suspect truck that was still following them, that began in South Carolina. The caller inadvertently disconnected, but called back into Cleveland County E-911 a few moments later. Elijah, Fabian, and Keandre were in the truck.
The truck was still pursuing them, and reportedly still shooting at them.
A deputy found the vehicles. While the victims continued on, the deputy attempted to stop the suspects at the intersection. The suspects fled by running the red light, and driving on US 74 westbound.
At that point, the suspects accelerated and turned off their vehicle exterior lighting. After the deputy momentarily lost sight of the suspect vehicle, he found it had crashed into a home.
Elijah, Fabian, and Keandre were killed on impact. The occupants inside the house were not injured.
Due to the horrific nature of the crash, deputies and Shelby Police Officers worked together to assist both the fire department and EMS in rendering aid to those in the suspect vehicle.
None of the occupants in the victims’ vehicle were injured.
