Coleman Junior Fields, 44, was found shot and dead on February 28, 2023, at about 8:45 p.m. in the 2400 block of Highway 72 West in Lumberton, North Carolina. Deputies from the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office discovered Fields deceased at the scene; a woman present sustained non-life-threatening injuries and received treatment.

The next day, March 1, 2023, authorities arrested 26-year-old Quinton Robert Brayboy of Lumberton and charged him with second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the shooting. Brayboy was released on bond. The Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation and asks anyone with information to contact them.

Did anyone in the community have contact with Coleman or know of witnesses who might have seen what happened that night?