One dead, two jailed in Clayton shootings

Published: January 1, 2013 

The Johnston County Sheriff's Office has arrested two men in a shooting early today at the American Legion Building on Old U.S. 70, Clayton.

Monteese Sharick Ray, 35, of Ranch Road, Clayton, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Daniel Anthony Laboy Jr., 19, of Clayton. Ray is in the Johnston County jail without bond.

Marcellus Caryle Sinclair, 29, also of Ranch Road, Clayton, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder in the shooting of Jimmy Rashawn Raiford, 23, of Smithfield and Marcus Dominque Faison, 20, of Four Oaks. Sinclair is in jail on a $9 million bond.

Detectives have not determined a motive in the shootings, but their investigation is ongoing.

The shootings occurred shortly after 2 a.m.

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