On January 1, 2024, at about 5:16 p.m. Fayetteville police responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 1800 block of Harris Street and found 36-year-old David Earl Page Jr. deceased in a backyard from a fatal gunshot wound. The Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an investigation into his death.

Authorities arrested 21-year-old Omarion Malik Allen on January 30, 2024, in the 100 block of Enoch Avenue and charged him with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, suggesting others may have been involved. Allen was being held in the Cumberland County jail without bail as detectives continued to investigate and seek additional suspects.

Page, a Fayetteville native, was a father of two daughters and a son; his death has deeply affected his family and the community. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective S. Berrios at (910) 703-6243 or Fayetteville/Cumberland County CrimeStoppers at (910) 483-TIPS (8477).