Kenneth Wayne Bryant, 41, of Lumberton, North Carolina, was found shot to death on the night of January 20, 2018, at the home of 46-year-old Angela Simone Irons. Police responding to reports of shots fired at Irons’ residence discovered Bryant’s body and arrested Irons at the scene. She was charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and held without bond at the Robeson County Detention Center.

Bryant’s last known address was listed as Spruce Street in Lumberton; Irons lived on East 9th Street. Detectives Charles Keenum and Evan Whitley and the District Attorney’s Office were involved in the investigation. Irons had a prior felony conviction for assault in Durham in 2010. The circumstances leading up to the shooting were not immediately disclosed by police.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Lumberton Police Department.