A Lake Lure man is being held without bond after deputies say he shot and killed his father inside their Rock Branch Road home Tuesday morning. Preston Alexander now faces charges of murder and possession of a firearm by a felon after he exited the house and was taken into custody.
The Rutherford County 911 Communications Center received numerous calls about a shooting at the residence around 10 a.m. on Nov. 10, according to WLOS. A separate report from WYFF put the timing of the calls just before 10 a.m., a minor discrepancy in an otherwise consistent account of the morning's events.
Callers told dispatchers that the suspect had shot his father, according to authorities. Deputies with the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office and officers with the Lake Lure Police Department responded to the scene, and Alexander later exited the residence and was taken into custody, per the same WLOS account.
Victim Found Inside the Home
Once officers entered, they found one person dead from what appeared to be a gunshot wound, the station's report states. Authorities had not publicly released the victim's identity at the time of WLOS's reporting. A separate account from Annie Dance's Substack, citing Rutherford County court records, identified the victim as Luther Alexander and said Preston Spencer Alexander was charged with murdering him and with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
Alexander was transported to the Rutherford County Detention Center, where he is being held without bond on the murder charge and the firearm charge, according to the same WLOS report. No court outcome, plea, or finding of guilt has been reported in connection with the case.
Firearm Charge Tied to Prior Felony
North Carolina's Felony Firearms Law North Carolina's felony firearms law, G.S. 14-415.1, prohibits anyone previously convicted of a felony from owning or possessing a firearm, according to the North Carolina General Assembly. Investigators have not detailed the nature of his prior record.
The shooting remains under investigation, and authorities have not released additional details beyond the circumstances of Alexander's arrest and the discovery of the victim inside the home. Hoodline will update this story as more information becomes available.
