On Saturday, deputies responded to calls about a verbal disturbance just after 8 p.m. in the 4200 block of Dudley Road. When deputies arrived they found Bryant Thomas King, 34, with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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On Sunday, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office obtained warrants on Hamzah Abdullah Thompson of Fayetteville. He is being charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of King.
Thompson, 20, was arrested just before 12:30 a.m. Monday in Rockingham. He is being held at the Richmond County Detention Center.
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Anyone with further information regarding this investigation is asked to please call Cumberland County Sheriff's Office Homicide Detective Senior Sergeant C. Zwan at (910) 677-5503 or Crimestoppers at (910) 483-TIPS (8477). Crimestoppers information can also be submitted electronically.
NOTE: Video is from a previous report.