On the evening of March 2, 2025, 48-year-old Ottoniel Lopez-Diaz was fatally shot during a disturbance involving a weapon in the 300 block of East Umstead Street in Durham, North Carolina. Officers arriving shortly before 10:00 p.m. found Lopez-Diaz with a gunshot wound and another man who had been struck in the head with a pistol; both were taken to a hospital, and Lopez-Diaz later died of his injuries.

Following the investigation, four men from outside Durham were arrested and charged: D’Mario Person, 21, of Henderson; Jeremy Rollins, 20, of Henderson; Robert Dockery, 20, of Henderson; and Rahkeim Perry, 21, of Franklinton. Each faces murder, two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, and two counts of felony conspiracy and is being held in the Durham County Jail.

Lopez-Diaz, born January 22, 1977, was remembered by his community; a funeral service took place March 8, 2025, at Holloway Memorial Funeral Home in Durham. Does anyone have information about what led to the disturbance on East Umstead Street that night?