A North Carolina teen was shot by a deputy after allegedly attacking him with a two-by-four following his grandmother’s murder.

A 13-year-old boy in North Carolina was shot and killed by a Lee County deputy after allegedly charging at the officer with a two-by-four during a pursuit. The incident followed the homicide of the boy’s 68-year-old grandmother, Connie Linen, whose body was found in her Raeford home. Authorities had identified the teen as a suspect and completed paperwork to charge him with first-degree murder. The shooting occurred near an abandoned mobile home in the Cameron area, where the boy fled, picked up the lumber, and approached the officer. The State Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the incident, as required. Hoke County Sheriff Roderick Virgil called the situation tragic and urged community compassion. Details about the grandmother’s death remain undisclosed.