On October 28, 2023, at about 4:49 a.m., officers in Fayetteville, North Carolina, found 41-year-old Garon Webb with multiple gunshot wounds in the 3000 block of Tamarack Drive. Webb was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation led to the arrest of 40-year-old Kortne Shapiro Aliaff Melvin, charged with first-degree murder and taken into custody on October 31, 2023. Authorities say Melvin was wearing an ankle monitor at the time and the monitor placed him near the crime scene. Witnesses reported seeing him fire a handgun that night, and shell casings recovered from the scene were forensically linked to casings found where he was seen firing, indicating they were discharged from the same firearm. Police say Melvin was also allegedly involved in a kidnapping and assault of his ex-girlfriend in the same complex on October 29.

No motive has been announced and police have not disclosed any known connection between Webb and Melvin beyond their proximity as neighbors. Anyone with information is asked to contact Fayetteville police.