October 15, 2024
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WHITEVILLE — A Robeson County man has been shot and killed as he was trying to repossess a vehicle.

Columbus County Sheriff’s Maj. Bobby Worley said the shooting happened early Tuesday near Whiteville.

The victim was 37-year-old David Lowe of Orrum. Worley said Lowe died at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head.

Two men have been arrested and charged with murder.

Fifty-one-year-old William Roy Kohler and his son, 18-year-old William Roy Kohler III also are charged with firing a gun into an occupied vehicle.

No one else was hurt.

An autopsy on Lowe’s body is scheduled Wednesday in Raleigh.

This article originally appeared on The Daily News: Man killed in Columbus County while repossessing vehicle