WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Jermaine Lamont Webster plead guilty to second degree murder Thursday for the killing of Marcus Jerome Reid on June 27, 2020.
Marcus Reid was a son of Cynthia McClendon and would have celebrated his forty-first birthday on October 30, 2022. Mr. Reid was a longtime resident of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Webster also plead guilty to two counts of possession of firearm by felon. He has a prior felony conviction for felony breaking or entering in Forsyth County.
July 2, 2020, detectives charged 29-year-old Jermaine Lamont Webster with Murder. Webster was arrested in the 2700 block of Claremont Avenue police said.
Reid was shot and killed in Winston-Salem the morning of June 27, 2020. Officers responded to North Liberty Street in reference to a shooting.
Once on scene, officers found Marcus Reid lying in the roadway on 16th Street, he was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS.
The death of Marcus Reid marked the fourteenth (14h) homicide to occur in Winston-Salem in 2020, as opposed to twelve (12) homicides for the same period of time in 2019.