Quincetta Daniels, a 26-year-old African American woman, was fatally shot at a residence on Stevens Street in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on March 3, 2018. The shooting happened about 10:30 p.m.; Daniels was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center with a gunshot wound and died there. The Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit investigated and described the incident as not random. Another resident, 50-year-old Gwendolyn Womack, suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound in the same event.

Police identified 38-year-old Cory Jamaica Ward as a suspect wanted in connection with the killing and the shooting of Womack. He turned himself in to authorities on March 19, 2018, and was booked on charges that included first-degree murder, shooting into an occupied structure, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Daniels’ death had a profound impact on her family and community.

If anyone knew Quincetta Daniels or has information about the night of March 3, 2018, please come forward.