Maggie Lashaun Fulmore, a 22-year-old African American woman, was found dead after being shot in a parking lot in the 3400 block of Gardner Street in Fayetteville, North Carolina, just after midnight on October 31, 2021. Fayetteville police located her in a vehicle and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say a disturbance inside the vehicle ended when a male suspect fired at her and fled.

Court records identify the suspect as 25-year-old Dashawn Dominique McCullum. Records state he shot Maggie in the head during an argument inside her mother’s GMC Terrain. Witnesses reported the couple arguing at a McDonald’s drive-thru earlier; Maggie had pepper-sprayed McCullum, who then wiped the spray onto her face. By the time they reached Gardner Street their shirts were torn and Maggie was using milk to flush her eyes when the shooting occurred.

McCullum was arrested and charged with first-degree murder; he later pleaded and was sentenced to 20 to 25 years for second-degree murder plus an additional four to six years for robbery with a dangerous weapon, with credit for nearly three years spent in jail awaiting trial. Maggie’s mother, Thretha Chance, expressed that the family felt failed by the plea deal and the family has since focused on advocating for other victims of domestic violence.