27-year-old man, 3 teenage boys face murder charges in North Carolina home invasion killing, police say

HAW RIVER, N.C. (WGHP) — A 27-year-old man and three teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder in the home-invasion killing of a 57-year...

March 15, 2023
8:40 PM

HAW RIVER, N.C. (WGHP) — A 27-year-old man and three teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder in the home-invasion killing of a 57-year-old man in Alamance County . Haw River police said Ervin Lee Jones, 57, of Burlington, was found dead and another person seriously injured on Feb. 19 after officers were called to a home on Second Street just before 11 p.m. after getting reports of shots fired and possibly a home invasion. In addition to murder charges, Nigel Cortez Boyd of Burlington and three 17-year-old boys from Alamance County have been charged with armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill.

Emily Mikkelsen