Desmond Dowdy, a 23-year-old African American man from Spring Lake, North Carolina, was shot and killed on October 24, 2018, after a reported fight in the 300 block of Palomino Lane. An ambulance was later requested for a person found in the backyard of a home in the 100 block of Palomino Lane; Dowdy was transported to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and pronounced dead there.

Three people were arrested in connection with the killing. Marque Latray Smith, 24, of Fayetteville, and Brandy Marie America, 22, of Spring Lake, were taken into custody after an intense standoff and charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder; America was also charged with accessory after the fact. Toby Mitchell McDuffie Jr., 32, of Spring Lake, turned himself in the next day and faced the same murder and conspiracy charges. Smith and McDuffie were held without bail; America’s bail was set at $200,000.

Reports say America and Dowdy were in a relationship and that investigators indicated a possible fourth suspect. What additional information do readers in the area have about that night or anyone seen in the Palomino Lane neighborhood?