Mebane police arrest two men in April shooting at occupied home
Two Mebane men were arrested in a shooting that left a Bryant Court home hit six times, with police linking recovered guns to the April case.
Mebane police arrested two men on May 22 in a shooting case that left an occupied home near Bryant Court and Airport Road riddled with bullets and raised new questions about neighborhood safety in that part of the city. The suspects are Aloysius Jackson Jr., 17, of Graham, and Vernon Velez, 19, of Mebane.
Officers responded around 7:55 p.m. on April 6 after reports of gunfire near Bryant Court and Airport Road. When investigators arrived, they found shell casings spread along Airport Road and Breechcraft Drive, about 150 yards apart, and later determined that three different calibers of firearms had been used. The house near the intersection was struck six times, but no injuries were reported.
Police charged Jackson and Velez with discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling, armed robbery, and related firearm offenses. Jackson was charged as an adult after consultation with the Alamance County District Attorney’s Office, a step that signals how seriously investigators and prosecutors are treating the case.
The arrests followed a stretch of forensic work that turned up two guns tied to the shooting. Detectives from Mebane police and the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office recovered a .40-caliber pistol from a vehicle occupied by Jackson and found a 9mm handgun in Velez’s possession. Forensic testing later linked both weapons to the Bryant Court shooting, giving investigators the evidence they needed to move from a scene investigation to arrests.
Police have said the case may not be over. Additional charges or arrests could still follow as investigators continue working with federal partners, including the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. For residents near Bryant Court, the arrests are an important step, but they do not erase the fact that shots were fired at an occupied home in a residential area.
Mebane police say the department’s operations division includes 21 sworn patrol officers and one police canine, and Chief Mitch Mckinney oversees the force. The department operates through Alamance County’s 911 communications system and can be reached at 919-563-9031.
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