On September 11, 2024, at about 5:03 a.m., Lumberton police responded to a shooting in the back parking lot of the Ramada by Wyndham at 3030 Roberts Avenue and found 22-year-old Knowledge McNeill of Lumberton dead of multiple gunshot wounds. The Lumberton Police Department is leading the investigation with assistance from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation; no suspects or arrests have been publicly disclosed.

McNeill had previously been arrested in August 2022 and charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 19-year-old Quadrique R. Butler, along with counts including breaking and entering, robbery with a dangerous weapon, discharging a weapon within an enclosed area to incite fear, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Anyone with information about the September 11 shooting is asked to contact Lumberton Police Detective David Williford at 910-671-3845.