NC sheriff: Good Samaritan fatally shot after stopping to help driver

Marvin Jacob Lee, 27, charged with fatally shooting a Good Samaritan who attempted to help him (Source: Catawba County Sheriff's Office)

A good Samaritan, who stopped to help a driver who spun out on ice, was fatally shot by the driver in Catawba County.

According to the Catawba County Sheriff, a driver spun out on ice along Mathis Church Road Friday night. Neighbors who overheard the wreck, went out to check on the incident.

The driver of a truck came up on the incident and pulled over the help the driver, later identified as 27-year-old Marvin Jacob Lee, of Claremont.

According to the sheriff, Lee was acting odd and belligerent. The neighbors and good Samaritan were talking about calling police when Lee apparently overheard them, jumped out of the car and shot the good Samaritan.

When the good Samaritan fell to the ground, Lee fired several more shots. According to the Sheriff, the good Samaritan died from the injuries.

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