High Point March Planned After No Charges Filed In Fred Cox Case

A march demanding justice for slain High Point teenager Fred Cox is scheduled for Saturday.

It will begin at the High Point City Hall and end at the courthouse. Among the organizers are Rev. Greg Drumwright and nationally known civil rights attorney Ben Crump — who also worked with George Floyd's family.

The protest comes weeks after a decision not to charge a Davidson County detective in connection with Cox's death.

Cox, an 18-year-old Black man, died after gunfire erupted following a November funeral in High Point. The detective was at the service as part of an investigation into a homicide in Davidson County.

Cox's supporters say he was shot while trying to usher people to safety. The Guilford County District Attorney's Office says there's no evidence that Cox fired a weapon.

A grand jury decided there wasn't sufficient evidence to support either of the criminal charges presented by prosecutors over Cox's shooting — voluntary manslaughter or felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.