Samori Husamudeen, 25, was shot and killed on the evening of December 26, 2024, while working as a DoorDash delivery driver in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Police responded shortly after 8:15 p.m. to a shooting inside the McDonald’s at 5009 Santa Fe Drive and found Husamudeen suffering from gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators said he had gone to pick up a delivery order and became involved in a verbal altercation with McDonald’s employee Kevin J. Holland. Authorities reported Husamudeen was unarmed when Holland allegedly retrieved a firearm from inside the restaurant and fired multiple shots, striking him several times.

Fayetteville police obtained warrants charging Holland with first-degree murder; he was arrested at a nearby Walmart about 17 hours later and held without bond. Detectives later said several shell casings appeared to have been removed from the scene and identified Shahidah Burrows, described as Holland’s mother, on surveillance footage picking up casings and placing them in her pocket.

Husamudeen’s family remembered him as devoted to his four children and warm to those around him. If anyone was at the McDonald’s that night or saw activity nearby after the shooting, please share what was observed.