Tahleel Minnigan, 25, of Alfordsville, North Carolina, was shot and killed on December 12, 2020, in Maxton, Robeson County. The shooting on B&C Lane also wounded another man, Tyquean Beard; both were taken to Scotland Memorial Hospital by Minnigan’s girlfriend. Minnigan died after arrival; Beard was reported in stable condition.

Authorities say the shooting grew out of an ongoing dispute. Robeson County deputies arrested 20-year-old Zachary R. Butler of Maxton and charged him with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and two counts of discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling. Butler was held in the Robeson County Detention Center with no bond on the murder charge and a $350,000 secured bond on the other counts.

The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Division is investigating. If anyone has information about the shooting on B&C Lane or the dispute that led to it, contact the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.