Cordell Rashawn Spruill, a 40-year-old African American man, died on June 29, 2020, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, after being shot during an early morning break-in at a neighbor’s apartment in the Skyland Apartments complex on Cain Road. Spruill, who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and had recently moved into the apartment to live independently, had stopped taking his medication and experienced a deterioration in his mental health.

According to police, Spruill threw a cinder block through his neighbor’s patio door and a physical altercation with neighbor Justin Hepburn, 30, followed. Hepburn shot Spruill multiple times; Spruill was taken to the hospital and later died. Investigators said there had been an ongoing dispute between the two and determined Hepburn chased Spruill down the road and shot him after the initial altercation had ended. Hepburn was charged with voluntary manslaughter. Spruill’s family and friends emphasized his mental health struggles and said he did not deserve to die.

Does anyone have information about the dispute between Spruill and Hepburn or about events at Skyland Apartments that morning?