Cumberland County deputies arrested 20-year-old Sterling James Straughter, of the 1900 block of Teesdale Drive in Hope Mills in a triple shooting that took the lives of 21-year-old Franklin Monroe of Hope Mills and 16-year-old Cameron Emery of Fayetteville. The third victim, a girl, was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.
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Monroe and Emery were found dead Saturday night at the intersection of Ajax Drive and Tower Drive in Hope Mills.
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office charged Straughter with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder.
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Straughter is being held in the Cumberland County Detention Center with no bond.
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