Quentin Lamar Mitchell, a 34-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on January 8, 2022, on the 8000 block of N.C. 72 near Lumberton, North Carolina. Deputies responded at about 9:40 a.m. and found Mitchell deceased at the scene. The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Division opened an investigation with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Fairmont Police Department.

On January 10, 2022, 30-year-old Lumberton man Jeffery T. McCray was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting; he was booked into the Robeson County Detention Center without bond and had a court appearance scheduled the next day. The shooting has deeply affected Mitchell’s family, friends, and the Lumberton community.

If anyone has information about what happened on N.C. 72 that morning, please come forward to assist the investigation.