据地方检察官本杰明·大卫称，两名涉嫌参与周日在北卡罗莱纳州威胁一个黑人家庭的武装暴徒已被指控，并将被彭德县治安部门逮捕。其中一人是一名狱警，后来被解雇了。
这个小组周日晚上出现在达明恩·谢泼德的家中，给人的印象是那里住着一个名叫约西亚的人。据称，该团体正在寻找一名失踪女孩的信息，并认为约西亚会有关于她的下落的信息。暴徒中的所有成员都是白人，其中一些人携带枪支。
尽管谢泼德坚持说他不是该组织要找的人，但暴民试图进入他的家。然而，他们走错了家。前院还有一个标志，上面写着谢泼德的名字和照片，庆祝谢泼德高中毕业。
失踪的女孩在周一被找到时还活着。
新汉诺威县的一名狱警乔丹·基塔预计将被指控强行侵入、闯入和故意不履行职责。大卫说，基塔在“在一个他没有正式宣誓就职的县，为了个人而不是执法目的”犯罪时，携带武器，穿着制服。
在大卫宣读的一份声明中，新汉诺威郡治安官艾德·麦克马洪称，基塔已经“被新汉诺威郡治安官办公室解雇”
周五在北卡罗莱纳州，两名男子被指控与一群白人武装分子试图进入一个黑人家庭有关。
另一名暴徒，奥斯汀·伍德，被指控犯有持枪恐吓公众的轻罪。
道德准则阻止大卫在新闻发布会上讨论任何未决案件的细节。“显然，唯一能做到这一点的地方是法庭，”大卫说。然而，大卫敦促人们保持冷静。
“要知道，忠诚的专业人士会看到正义是在法庭上，而不是在公众舆论的法庭上得到伸张，”大卫说。
该家庭的律师吉姆·李三世在周五接受《新闻周刊》采访时表示，这种情况是“典型的南方故事”，试图进入谢泼德家的团体是“一群暴民”
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然而，李说，附近的人们团结在谢泼德一家的周围。“这是一个中产阶级社区，”李说。“98%是白色的。这很不寻常，但当这群暴徒出现的那晚，整个社区都为他们辩护。”
尽管Lea打算继续对涉案人员提起民事诉讼，但Lea承认，结果可能会更糟。“这里有简单的侵权行为，”李说。“我的意思是，非法侵入，造成精神痛苦，有各种各样的东西。”
“感谢上帝没有人被杀，”李补充道，“但是白人社区为他们辩护的方式非常好。”
COP FIRED, CHARGED IN 'LYNCH MOB' INCIDENT AFTER WHITE NEIGHBORS RALLY TO PROTECT BLACK NORTH CAROLINA FAMILY
Two individuals who were allegedly part of an armed mob that threatened a black family in North Carolina on Sunday have been charged and will be arrested by the Pender County Sheriff's Department, according to District Attorney Benjamin David. One of the men was a corrections officer who has since been fired from his job.
The group showed up at the home of Dameon Shephard Sunday evening under the impression that an individual named Josiah lived there. Allegedly, the group was seeking information about a missing girl and believed that Josiah would have information concerning her whereabouts. All the members of the mob were white and some of them were carrying firearms.
Although Shephard insisted he was not the person the group was looking for, the mob attempted to enter the home. However, they were at the wrong house. There was also a sign in the front yard celebrating Shephard's graduation from high school which bore Shephard's name and photograph.
The missing girl was located alive and well on Monday.
Jordan Kita, a corrections officer for New Hanover County, is expected to be charged with forcible trespass, breaking and entering and willful failure to discharge duties. Kita was armed and in uniform while committing the crimes "in a county he was not duly sworn in and in pursuit of personal, not law enforcement purposes," David said.
In a statement read by David, New Hanover County Sheriff Ed McMahon said Kita had been "terminated from the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office."
Charges were filed against two men in North Carolina Friday in relation to an armed mob of white people attempting to gain entrance into a black family's home.
Another member of the mob, Austin Wood, was charged with the misdemeanor of being armed to the terror of the public.
Ethics rules prevented David from discussing any details of a pending case during the press conference. "Obviously, the only place to do that is in a courtroom," David said. However, David urged people to remain calm.
"Know that committed professionals are going to see that justice is done in a courtroom, not in the court of public opinion," David said.
Attorney for the family Jim Lea III told Newsweek in a Friday interview that the situation was the "quintessential Southern story" and that the group that attempted to gain entrance into the Shephard home was a "lynch mob, literally."
"They might as well have shown up with a noose in a tree," Lea said.
However, Lea said, people in the neighborhood rallied around the Shephard family. "It's a middle class neighborhood," Lea said. "It's 98 percent white. It's just very unusual but the entire neighborhood went to their defense that night when this mob showed up."
While Lea intends on going on with the civil suit against those involved, Lea acknowledges it could have turned out much worse. "There are simple torts here," Lea said. "I mean, trespass, infliction of emotional distress, there's all sorts of stuff."
"Thank God nobody got killed," Lea added, "but the way the white community came out in their defense is just great."
