FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Fayetteviille Police said a drug deal turned violent early Sunday, leaving one man dead and another in custody.
Elmer Leon Spears, 54, was arrested Sunday and charged with first-degree murder.
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Investigators said Ni'Reash Rayshaun Timmons, 27, went to a house in the 1900 block of Palomino Drive about 1:30 a.m. to buy narcotics. During the transaction, a fight broke out and Timmons was shot and killed.
Spears remained at the scene, police said.
Timmons was from South Carolina, police said.
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Spears is being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center under no bond.
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