Kemberle Braden

Chief of Police

Release: IMMEDIATE                       Contact: Sgt. A. Caldwell, Public Information Officer

Date: July 17, 2023                             Phone: (910) 433-1487        OCA: 2023-017520

All suspects, and persons charged with a crime, are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Persons of interest are believed to have information relating to a case and have not been charged unless stated otherwise.

Update to Suspicious Death Investigation – Now Homicide Investigation

(Fayetteville, NC) – The investigation into the suspicious death of a male along the 2000 block of Center Street is now a homicide investigation. 

The preliminary investigation has revealed the deceased male suffered from a gunshot wound and succumbed to his injury on the scene. The name of the victim is being withheld until his family is located and notified. 

The circumstances surrounding the decedent's death are actively under investigation. Additional information, will be released as it becomes available.  

Suspicious Death Investigation

(Fayetteville, NC) – Detectives with Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit are actively investigating a suspicious death along the 2000 block of Center Street.  

On July 17, 2023, at approximately 5:45 a.m., officers with the Fayetteville Police Department responded to the 300 block of Dallas Street for reports of shots fired in the area and a deceased male located behind a residence. Upon arriving on the scene, officers located a male behind a residence along the 2000 block of Center Street. The male was pronounced deceased on scene. The decedent's name is being withheld until the family is located and notified.

Homicide detectives have assumed the investigation into the suspicious death of the decedent to determine the cause and manner of his death. Additional information, will be released as it becomes available.  

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact Detective S. Shirey at (910) 751-3009. 

 If you have information on this investigation and would like to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at (910) 483-8477.  Crime Stoppers information can also be submitted electronically, by visiting http://fay-nccrimestoppers.org and completing the anonymous online tip sheet, or by downloading the FREE “P3 Tips” app available for Apple devices in the Apple App Store and available for Android devices in Google Play.