On December 15, 2023, at about 9:30 p.m., officers from the Wallace Police Department responded to reports of shots fired at 125 Poplar Street in Wallace, North Carolina. They found an open door, a shell casing on the floor, and 39-year-old Anthony DeShaun Murray, known as Shaun-Swing, inside the home with an apparent gunshot wound. Emergency Medical Services pronounced him dead at the scene.

Murray was born February 26, 1984, in New Hanover County to Serina Murray Williams and Anthony Robert Pigford. He was remembered by those who knew him as spirited, loving, and kind, with an infectious smile that made him well known in the Wallace community. The Wallace Police Department led the investigation with assistance from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office, and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.

What information about that evening or about Anthony’s life could help clarify what happened at 125 Poplar Street?