On October 11, 2024, at about 1:40 a.m., officers responded to a shooting at the Big Apple Restaurant and Sports Pub, 5900 Yadkin Road in Fayetteville, North Carolina. First responders found 34-year-old Garrett Jamal Stroman with a gunshot wound; despite immediate medical attention he was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the preliminary account, a verbal altercation between Stroman and another man escalated when the other person displayed a handgun and shot Stroman.

Detectives identified 32-year-old Nicholas Galberth as the suspect; he was known to Stroman and was apprehended and charged with first-degree murder. He is being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center without bond. Stroman, a father of three, was remembered by his girlfriend, Mary Reed, as well regarded by many; funeral services were held in Aiken, South Carolina. The Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit and the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team continue to investigate and ask anyone with information to contact Detective J. Nevitt at 910-703-3499 or Crime Stoppers at 910-483-TIPS.

If anyone knew Garrett, witnessed the incident, or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.