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Family: Man shot and killed in Fayetteville was a good person. Although police did not identify the victims, one was named as 33-year-old Marchellous Braddy by family members who spoke to WRAL News. Braddy's two sisters didn't want to appear on camera but said their brother was a good man who didn't deserve to die.

A homeowner came home to find two unconscious people at their house. One was inside and one in the yard. Both were dead of gunshot wounds.

Fayetteville, N.C. — A homeowner found a dead man in his home overnight, and Fayetteville police found a second person shot and killed outside. According to the Fayetteville Police Department, officers on Monday around 12:15 a.m. responded to a home in the 5700 block of Aftonshire Drive. The homeowner said he arrived home to find a man unresponsive inside.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN)—Two people are dead after a shooting in Fayetteville. This happened just after midnight on Monday in the 5700 block of Aftonshire Drive. Police said one person was found unresponsive in a house and was pronounced dead at the scene. Another person was found in the yard...

Fayetteville, N.C. — Police are working to learn who killed two people found at a Fayetteville home overnight. On Monday afternoon, police found a car linked to the murders on Blount Street in Smithfield. The driver of a Toyota jumped out of their vehicle, according to witnesses, who saw the man run away.

The names of two people found dead early Monday in a neighborhood off Raeford Road were released Monday afternoon.  Marchellous Latrel Braddy, 33, of Raeford, was discovered by a resident about 12:41 a.m. in a home in the 5700 block of Aftonshire Drive, according to the Fayetteville Police Department. The body of Nakea Latasha Brooks, 27,...

Fayetteville, N.C. — A homeowner found a dead man in his home overnight, and Fayetteville police found a second person shot and killed outside. According to the Fayetteville Police Department, officers on Monday around 12:15 a.m. responded to a home in the 5700 block of Aftonshire Drive. The homeowner said he arrived home to find a man unresponsive inside.

Earlier this month, we asked readers what they thought of the special prosecutor’s decision in the case of Jason Walker, who was shot to death by Jeffrey Hash, an off-duty lieutenant with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s office. Kimberley Spahos, director of the N.C. Conference of District Attorneys, found...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) – Cumberland County government and the City of Fayetteville are holding four meetings across May and June that are open to the public in hopes of receiving their input on how to properly spend almost $19 million in opioid settlement funds, county commission said Monday. “Cumberland...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of North Carolina, has reported that on May 10, 2022, Reshod Jamar Everett, 36, of Cumberland County, was found guilty by a federal jury on six felony drug and firearm offenses. The charges arose from Everett’s armed drug trafficking operation that he ran...

Vacancies in the Fayetteville Police Department have been the subject of much discussion the past couple of years. The issue has even seeped into this year’s City Council races: Several candidates have cited the unfilled positions as a driving force behind their campaigns. But Police Department officials suggest they...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Two people were found dead early Monday in a neighborhood in a North Carolina city, and police have begun a search for a suspect. Nexstar’s WNCN reports the Fayetteville Police Department said officers responding to a call early Monday morning found a homeowner who had arrived to find a body lying […]

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) – Cumberland County EMS announced Monday that it, along with Cape Fear Valley Mobile Integrated Healthcare, would start to carry blood in emergency vehicles. “It’s a great innovation. We’re really excited to bring this to the community,” said Dave Frotton, EMS director for Cumberland County EMS....

Feeling like summer this week

Smithfield Police, like many other law enforcement agencies, struggle to keep up with the demand for bilingual officers. Police Chief Keith Powell hopes by offering an incentive for officers fluent in Spanish it will help attract and maintain bilingual officers. The Smithfield Town Council approved a request by Chief Powell...

Local high school and college students will have some of their college tuition paid with the help of military-affiliated scholarships. At South View High School in Hope Mills, Cadet Maj. Trinity Ashworth and Cadet Pfc. Bakari Walker, both seniors in the junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, recently learned they were among the top cadets in the nation to earn a four-year ROTC scholarship.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Two people were found dead early Monday in a neighborhood in a North Carolina city, and police have begun a search for a suspect. A news release from the Fayetteville Police Department says officers responding to a call early Monday morning found a homeowner who had arrived to find a body […]