Elijah Wright, a 21-year-old Black man, was killed on November 14, 2021, at a residence on Pink Drive in Fayetteville, North Carolina. According to court documents, Wright had been invited to the home by two people, 23-year-old Jailen Lynch-McPeak and 20-year-old D’Erica Matthews. A 911 call at 3:22 p.m. reported that a male had entered the house and was no longer breathing. Officers found Wright’s body in the master bathroom with apparent gunshot wounds and blunt force trauma to the head.

Court paperwork states Lynch-McPeak and Matthews admitted to inviting Wright inside for a pre-planned assault. Both were arrested and charged with first-degree murder and are being held in the Cumberland County jail without bail. The motive was not specified in the court documents. The Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit is continuing the investigation.

If anyone has information about what happened on Pink Drive that afternoon, please contact the Fayetteville Police Department.