Corey Lamar Clark, 40, a Black man from Lumberton, North Carolina, was found with gunshot wounds just after 1:19 a.m. on Monday, May 19, 2025, in the 2900 block of Wilson Street. He was taken to UNC Health Southeastern and died from his injuries. Early reports treated the shooting as a developing homicide investigation.

Within days investigators identified two suspects. On May 21, 2025, officers arrested 22-year-old Lanita Traniasti Sinclair of Lumberton; she was charged with first-degree murder and discharging a firearm within city limits and held without bond. A second suspect, 25-year-old Damarko Lamontre Williams of Lumberton, was wanted on warrants for first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and discharging a firearm within city limits; he was located and arrested in an abandoned mobile home off Norton Road on May 22, 2025, and held without bond.

Officials urged anyone with information to come forward as they continued to piece together what happened before the shooting that claimed the life of Corey Lamar Clark. If anyone knew Mr. Clark, his movements that night, or saw activity on Wilson Street around 1:19 a.m., please share what you know.