Donovan Butler, a 25-year-old African American man, was shot during a large gathering at a residence on Pavilion Drive in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on April 5, 2020. Police were dispatched shortly after 1:45 a.m. following reports of shots fired. Butler was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center with a gunshot wound and later died of his injuries.

The investigation led to the arrests of two men from Elizabethtown. Antonio Lamel Murchison, 26, was arrested in Bladen County, and Eric Christopher Bennett, 33, was arrested in Warsaw. Both were charged with first-degree murder and held at the Cumberland County Detention Center without bail. The arrests were made with assistance from the State Bureau of Investigation, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office, and the Warsaw Police Department.

The Fayetteville Police Department is asking anyone with information about the shooting to come forward.