Wendell Devon Hill Jr., 20, was found with a gunshot wound to the chest at a home on Pineland Street in Sanford, North Carolina, on March 10, 2021. He was taken to Central Carolina Hospital and pronounced dead. Known as Lil Wendell, he was born August 19, 2000, and played football at Southern Lee High School.

Police say the shooting occurred around noon on March 10. On March 11, 2021, 21-year-old Markee Watson was arrested at the Econo Lodge on Comfort Lane and charged with first-degree murder; he was being held in the Lee County Jail without bond.

Anyone with information about Wendell’s death or the events leading up to March 10, 2021, is asked to come forward.