On April 8, 2025, a fatal shooting in Fayetteville, North Carolina, took the life of 27-year-old Janaha Smith, a Black female resident. The shooting occurred at about 3:15 a.m. in the 2800 block of Gillespie Street. Responding officers found Smith with a gunshot wound and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Fayetteville Police arrested 24-year-old Shyheem McCall, a Black male from Fayetteville, at the location and charged him with first-degree murder. Investigators say Smith and McCall were acquainted and that the shooting was not random. McCall is being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center without bond and Detective A. Wolford is assigned to the investigation.

The investigation remains ongoing and authorities are asking anyone with information to contact police or submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers. Did anyone in the neighborhood see or hear anything that night?