On the evening of January 18, 2025, a shooting at a birthday party on Nutgrass Road in Bunnlevel, North Carolina, left 26-year-old Marquis Shamond Woodson dead. The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office found Woodson unresponsive in the yard and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Another person suffered non-life-threatening injuries during the same altercation.

The gathering, attended by roughly 75 to 100 people, reportedly escalated after a disturbance among several attendees; details about how the altercation began and who fired the shots have not been released. Woodson, born January 17, 1999, had turned 26 the day before. Funeral services were held February 8, 2025, at Joyful Sound Ministries in Valdosta, Georgia, with a public viewing the day before at Gatlin Mortuary.

The investigation remains active and no arrests or identified suspects have been announced. Anyone who was at the party or who has information that could assist investigators is asked to come forward.