Rafael Ramon Purdie, a 39-year-old African American man, was shot at the Carolina Motor Inn on Gillespie Street in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on November 12, 2022. Deputies from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office found him with gunshot wounds around 11 p.m.; he was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and died of his injuries.

Investigators identified a suspect quickly. On November 13, 2022, Bobbie Colston Farrior, a 41-year-old Fayetteville man, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and held without bond at the Cumberland County Detention Center. Authorities released surveillance images showing a silver sedan and two individuals believed to have information; a woman who was initially sought for questioning was later cleared.

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit continues to investigate and has not disclosed a motive. Did anyone in the area see the silver sedan or the individuals captured on surveillance that night?