Omar Baker, 40, was found fatally shot on February 7, 2022, near the intersection of Charles Thigpen Drive and Doc Bennett Road in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Those who knew him remembered him as a funny and caring friend.

Detectives with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit opened an investigation. By November 2022, investigators had identified two men in connection with Baker’s killing: David Ray Bowman, 31, of Fayetteville, and Michael Schlegler, 37, of Charlotte. Schlegler was in custody at Sampson Correctional Institution on unrelated matters when charges were announced; Bowman was not in custody at that time and authorities asked the public for help locating him.

If anyone has information about Baker, his movements around February 7, 2022, or the events near Charles Thigpen Drive and Doc Bennett Road, please come forward. Who can help fill in what happened that night?