Update: Fayetteville police investigate shooting death of teen found in yard Sunday

F.T. Norton, The Fayetteville Observer
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Police lights.
Police lights.

Fayetteville police are investigating the fatal shooting of a teen whose body was found in a yard off Morganton Road on Sunday.

According to a news release, officers were called to the 5300 block of Docia Circle shortly after 11 a.m. for a “suspicious subject lying in the backyard.” When officers arrived, they discovered Stephon Darius Links, 18, dead of a gunshot, police said.

Further details were not released. Links' killing is the third homicide investigation in the city limits in thus far in 2023.

“Members of the Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding the victim’s death,” the release said.

Anyone with information regarding the investigation is asked to contact Detective M. Waters at 910-635-4978 or Crimestoppers at 910-483-TIPS (8477).

This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: Fayetteville police investigate death of teen found in yard Sunday