On April 18, 2023, 36-year-old Robert Lawrence Nowell V was found inside a residence in the 200 block of Alphin Street in Fayetteville with a fatal gunshot wound after a shooting reported to police about 8:40 p.m. Three other men were also shot during the incident; two were taken to a local hospital with serious but stable injuries and a third suffered less severe wounds. Investigators determined the shooting occurred during a home invasion and attempted robbery, and that all parties involved knew one another.

On April 19, 2023, 40-year-old Donald Wayne McLucas Jr. was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, attempted robbery, felony conspiracy to commit robbery, discharging a firearm inside an occupied dwelling to incite fear, and possession of a firearm by a felon. He was held at the Cumberland County Jail without bond on the murder charge and with a $140,000 secured bond on the other charges. On May 3, 2023, 39-year-old April Shanee McLucas, Donald McLucas Jr.’s sister, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and related offenses and detained without bond.

What additional details about the sequence of events or motives that night can anyone in the Fayetteville area share?