Curtis Lamont Melvin, 50, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of December 3, 2022, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Officers responded to calls of shots fired around 4:45 a.m. in the 1000 block of West Orange Street, a residential area off Ramsey Street, and found Melvin outside a residence with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Melvin was born January 19, 1972, at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and grew up in Fayetteville. He attended Seventy First High School, where he wrestled, and later graduated from E.E. Smith High School. The Fayetteville Police Department has said the investigation is ongoing and has urged anyone with information to contact Detective C. Crews or Crime Stoppers; no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified.

If anyone knew Curtis or saw activity near West Orange Street around 4:45 a.m. on December 3, 2022, please contact Detective C. Crews or Crime Stoppers with any tips.