Jonathan Juwan Wells, a 25-year-old Black man from Hope Mills, North Carolina, was shot and killed in Fayetteville on April 20, 2025. Fayetteville Police officers responded to a shooting at about 3:19 a.m. in the 6200 block of Yadkin Road and identified the victim as Jonathan Wells. His death has been confirmed as a homicide.

Colvin Funeral Home & Crematory in Fayetteville announced his passing; an obituary was published April 28, 2025, and services were held at the funeral home chapel with burial at Rockfish Memorial Park.