Update: Arrest made in Fayetteville home invasion killing

A Fayetteville man was arrested Wednesday in a fatal home invasion shooting Tuesday night in Fayetteville, according to court documents.

Donald Wayne McLucas Jr., 40, of the 3500 block of Nebular Road, is charged with first-degree murder, attempted robbery with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery with a deadly weapon, attempted first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a felon and discharging a firearm within an enclosure to incite fear, according to the arrest warrant.

McLucas is charged in the death of Robert Lawrence Nowell V, 36, who was shot Tuesday at a home in the 200 block of Alphin Street off Cedar Creek and Sapon roads, according to a Fayetteville Police Department news release.

More: Infant shot, adults killed in Bunce Road shooting Tuesday evening

The shooting was reported at 8:39 p.m., according to the release. Three other men were shot during the incident, and two of the victims were taken to a local hospital prior to officers' arrival, an updated release Wednesday afternoon said. Nowell was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. The names of the surviving victims were not released.

McLucas Jr. is being held in the Cumberland County jail without bail, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective T. Kiger at 910-705-6527 or Crimestoppers at 910-483-TIPS (8477).

This is the third consecutive homicide investigation in the city in which multiple people were shot. On March 26, one person was killed and two others shot in the 200 block of Gertrude Street and on April 2, one person was killed and four others shot at a hookah lounge on Yadkin Road.

Tuesday night's fatal shooting also makes at least three consecutive years in which individuals were killed during home invasions. In 2021, an intruder and the homeowner were killed and a girl injured when someone inside a Milton Street home exchanged gunfire with the assailants; and in October, two intruders were shot and killed in a home invasion on Brookstone Lane. Last year, an intruder was killed in June at a Southshield Drive home.

Public safety reporter Lexi Solomon can be reached at ABSolomon@gannett.com. Military and crime editor F.T. Norton can be reached at fnorton@fayobserver.com.

This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: Fayetteville man charged with murder in deadly home invasion shooting