Two killed after gunfire erupts during home invasion, North Carolina officials say
UPDATE: Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright said homicide detectives identified the people killed as 19-year-old Marquez Tyteon Melvin and a 16-year-old from Fayetteville, whose name was not publicly released. Another person remains in critical condition at a local hospital, and officials are still investigating. The original story is below.
Two people were killed during a home invasion Wednesday morning in North Carolina, officials said.
Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright said on social media that deputies were called just after 5 a.m. to a home on Charlie Drive in Fayetteville about a break-in and shooting. Investigators said a man had entered the home and shot “four male victims.”
Two of them died inside the home, Wright said.
One is in critical condition at a local hospital and another has non-life threatening injuries, according to Wright.
Wright said the sheriff office’s homicide unit is on the scene investigating and that more information will be released “at the appropriate time.”
“Anyone with information regarding this homicide investigation is asked to contact Senior Sergeant R. Quick at (910) 677-5503 or Crimestoppers at (910) 483-TIPS (8477),” Wright wrote on Facebook.
Fayetteville is about 60 miles from Raleigh.
This story was originally published September 22, 2021 at 9:23 AM with the headline "Two killed after gunfire erupts during home invasion, North Carolina officials say."
