Victim identified in fatal Fayetteville shooting

Joseph Pierre, Fayetteville Observer
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The area of Stanberry Street at Primrose Drive where a shooting was reported Saturday. (Credit: The Fayetteville Police Department)
The area of Stanberry Street at Primrose Drive where a shooting was reported Saturday. (Credit: The Fayetteville Police Department)

A man was killed Saturday in a shooting on Stanberry Street at Primrose Drive, according to a news release from the Fayetteville Police Department.

Lorenzo Darnell McLaughlin Jr., 22, was the victim of the shooting, police said. Officers responded to the area after reports of a shooting at 11:48 a.m., the release states. Officers said they located McLaughlin suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital by Emergency Medical Service where he was pronounced dead, the release said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective R. Vernon at 910-729-2525.

Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling Crimestoppers at 910-483-TIPS (8477); by visiting the website at http://fay-nccrimestoppers.org; or by downloading the free "P3 Tips" app for mobile devices.

Public safety reporter Joseph Pierre can be reached at jpierre@gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: Fayetteville shooting at Stanberry Street; one dead

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