Derek Samuel Spell, 34, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, died after sustaining a single gunshot wound to the chest during a domestic disturbance at the apartment he shared with his girlfriend on December 13, 2022. The incident occurred in the 700 block of Tamarack Drive; Spell was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit investigated. His girlfriend, 30-year-old Amanda Deloris Kelly, was identified as a person of interest, questioned, and later charged with involuntary manslaughter. She was arrested and held at the Cumberland County Jail on a $20,000 secured bond. Police say the shooting happened during a struggle over a handgun.

Anyone with information about the struggle or events leading up to the shooting is asked to contact investigators.