16-year-old, 21-year-old identified as two killed in Cumberland County shooting over the weekend

Monday, March 23, 2020
HOPE MILLS, N.C. (WTVD) -- A 16-year-old boy and 21-year-old man were identified as the two people killed in a shooting in Cumberland County over the weekend.

It happened just after 11:15 p.m. on Saturday near the intersection of Ajax Drive and Tower Drive in Hope Mills.
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The victims left the scene and stopped at the Short Stop gas station on NC Highway 87 South after seeing a marked patrol car parked there.

Deputies at the gas station found 21-year-old Franklin Monroe of Hope Mills and 16-year-old Cameron Emery of Fayetteville with fatal gunshot wounds.

A third victim, a girl whose age was not released by the sheriff's office, was transported to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.
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Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office Homicide Unit at (910) 321-6592.

If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may submit tips to the Fayetteville/Cumberland County CrimeStoppers at www.p3tips.com or by calling (910) 483- TIPS (8477).



These two deaths marked the first homicide investigation of 2020 for the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.

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