Edward McNeill Jr., 46, was shot and killed on the morning of November 6, 2025, on the 200 block of Odell Road in Spring Lake, North Carolina. Spring Lake police responded to a report of a shooting at about 9 a.m.; McNeill was found with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. News accounts and a gun-violence memorial list him as lost to gun violence that morning.

Detectives focused their investigation on 41-year-old Spring Lake resident Kinya Deavon Richardson, who was arrested on November 7 and charged with first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle. Those are allegations, and the case will proceed through the courts.

McNeill’s online memorial records nicknames including Junior, Eddie, and WICC and shows brief remembrances from friends and family. Does anyone in the Spring Lake area remember Edward McNeill Jr. or have information about what happened on Odell Road that morning?