Clarence Arthur Branch II, a 32-year-old Black man from Fayetteville, North Carolina, was shot multiple times outside an apartment building on Beebe Estate Circle early on Christmas morning, December 25, 2021. He was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 6:30 a.m. The Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit says the shooting did not appear random, indicating Branch may have been targeted.

Detectives identified 33-year-old Shaun Williams as a person of interest believed to have information about the killing; he has not been charged. Investigators also sought a red 2001–2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, NC plate TBL-4034, with a sunroof and the number 8 behind the rear window pillars, which was seen leaving the scene. The case remains unsolved and detectives are asking anyone with information to contact Detective M. Waters at 635-4978 or Crimestoppers at 483-TIPS.

Does anyone have information about Branch, the Monte Carlo, or who might have been near Beebe Estate Circle that morning?