1:35 p.m. TUESDAY March 17 -- The sheriff's office responded to a fatal shooting in rural Orange County on Monday evening.
Ronnie and Steve Ramirez 30 and 23 respectively were arrested and charged with first degree murder.
Both are charged with shooting Thaddeus Jerrod Harris in rural Orange County about eight miles west of the UNC campus according to investigators.
The sheriff's office received a call that a man had been shot at the Ramirez residence at 2120 Gemena Road at approximately 5:45 p.m. Monday evening according to the sheriff's office.
Upon arrival sheriff's deputies found Harris on the back deck of the home with multiple gunshot wounds. Orange County rescue workers were unable to find vital signs.
Both suspects are currently held without bond in the Orange County Jail and will appear at the Hillsborough District Court today.
The shooting comes three days after Chapel Hill resident Eric Jermaine Bradshaw was arrested on murder charges after the shooting death of Juan Barbee Young on Sunday night.
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