Man charged with murder in August shooting at Motel 6 in Fayetteville

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Man charged with murder in August shooting at Motel 6 in Fayetteville
Donald Payne Jr. is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 43-year-old Erik Darnell Anderson at the Motel 6 on Bragg Boulevard in Fayetteville.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- U.S. Marshals arrested a man wanted in connection with a murder that happened last year at a motel in Fayetteville.

Donald Payne Jr. is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 43-year-old Erik Darnell Anderson of Spring Lake.

Police said Anderson was shot and killed Aug. 11 at the Motel 6 at 3719 Bragg Blvd.

Payne, 38, was arrested at an apartment on Tiffany Court in Fayetteville, police said.

He is being held without bond in the Cumberland County Detention Center.

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