On July 11, 2024, at about 10:00 a.m., officers responded to a reported shooting in the 600 block of Pleasant Loop in Fayetteville, North Carolina. They found 83-year-old Betsy Craven Brewer deceased from an apparent gunshot wound. Her husband, 83-year-old Leslie David Brewer Sr., was taken into custody at the scene and charged with first-degree murder. He was held at the Cumberland County Detention Center on a $500,000 secured bond.

According to reports, Leslie Brewer told investigators the couple had argued for several years and that he had contemplated killing her for months. After the shooting he left the residence to buy cigarettes and did not contact police until the next morning. At his initial court appearance on July 12, 2024, he appeared lucid and cooperative, though the assistant district attorney raised concerns about his mental fitness. Neighbors said the couple generally kept to themselves and were shocked by the incident.

Does anyone have information about the Brewers or the Pleasant Loop neighborhood that could shed light on what led to this killing?