FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — A man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2023 shooting death of his mother, according to the Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office.

Police said Joshua Ross shot and killed his mother, Sharon Ross, on July 1, 2023, at her apartment on Burke Village Lane. Officers found her dead from a gunshot wound to the forehead around 10:45 p.m.

Witnesses said Joshua was acting strangely and admitted to killing his mother. Video showed him going in and out of the apartment starting around 9:30 p.m. The gun was found nearby and had been legally bought by Joshua two weeks earlier, according to the Forsyth County District Attorney.

Investigators said Sharon had kicked Joshua out of her apartment, and the two had argued about him owning a gun. Joshua first blamed a co

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