Two of the three suspects charged with felony murder in connection with a Jan. 1 shooting in Winston-Salem have had their criminal cases classified Monday as capital offenses.

Judge Michael Adkins of Forsyth Superior Court approved the state of North Carolina’s request for consideration of the death penalty in the cases involving Terros Derone Drayton and Clarence Curtis Graham III.

The shooting occurred at about 11:20 p.m. Jan. 1 in the 1700 block of Peachtree Street, which is near Forest Park in eastern Winston-Salem, police said.

Officers found John Derriman Richards, 54, inside a home with multiple gunshots. He died at the scene. A 4-year-old child suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

According to the state’s evidentiary presentation, Richards and the child were shot in a case o

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