MAXTON, N.C. — A shooting at a large Halloween party in southeastern North Carolina killed two people and critically wounded several others, a sheriff said Saturday.

Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins' office said in a news release that 13 people were shot. He said early Saturday that homicide investigators and others were at the scene of the party in a rural area outside of Maxton, about 95 miles southwest of Raleigh near the South Carolina border.

At about 1:15 a.m. Saturday, deputies got a call about a party with loud music, the sheriff's office said.

"Prior to Deputies’ arrival, Robeson County Communications (E911) received multiple calls reporting that individuals had been shot at the location," according to a release from the sheriff's office.

Deputies found Jessie Locklear Jr

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