On December 1, 2023, at about 9:36 p.m., deputies responded to a reported shooting in the 7300 block of Campsite Drive near Wendell, North Carolina. They found 47-year-old Javon Sherice Ellison in the dining room with multiple gunshot wounds to the stomach. Ellison was taken to a nearby hospital and later died of his injuries.

Investigators say the shooting followed an altercation between Ellison and his 30-year-old stepson, Christopher Lamont Galbreath. Search warrants and scene evidence reportedly included several bullet casings in the street and a blood trail leading into the residence. Galbreath was arrested on December 3, 2023, and charged with first-degree murder. Funeral services for Ellison were held December 11, 2023, at Friendship Chapel Baptist Church in Wake Forest. He is survived by his wife, Janyetta Sutton Ellison; children Lunden Ellison, Tabrinna Haley, and Kamari Sutton; his mother, Rosalene Tanner; and his grandmother, Letha Mae Stancil.

Was anyone in the Wendell area that night aware of an argument at the home on Campsite Drive or did anyone see suspicious activity near the street where casings were reportedly found?