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Fayetteville, N.C. — A fatal shooting Sunday near a Fayetteville shopping center appears to have been the result of a drug deal gone wrong and was not random, police said Monday.
Joshua Maultsby, 19, died Sunday afternoon after a friend took him to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center to be treated for a gunshot wound.
Investigators said Maultsby and an acquaintance had arranged to meet for a drug deal but that it appeared Maultsby was robbed and shot behind Belk's at Tallywood Shopping around 12:30 p.m.
Police have not identified the shooter and have only said that he is stocky and between the ages of 19 and 22.
Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to contact the Fayetteville Police Department at 910-391-2529 or Crime Stoppers at 910-483-7477.
According to his Facebook page, Maultsby was a 2012 graduate of Jack Britt High School and worked as a cook at The Wing Company.
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I do not believe in enabling others for their wrong choices. However, in the eyes of God, we've all made bad choices and there is no difference since they will all lead us on a path of destruction. Some things just lead to death and despair a little quicker than others.
I am where I am because of God's grace and the love others have shown me. I'm only humbled that God's Providence placed me in a nurturing environment at the age of 13 so that I could live a life knowing about His great mercy and love.
My intent was to show compassion for my cousin and his grieving family as well as give on-lookers an opportunity to not judge so quickly. You never know what a person has been through and how you would end up in their exact situation.
Therefore, judge less and love more. You just might save a life.
February 26, 2013 7:47 p.m.
February 26, 2013 1:51 p.m.
February 26, 2013 11:43 a.m.
DO YOU FOR ONE SECOND THINK THESE CRIMINALS HAD A LEGALLY OWNED WEAPON!!!!!! WE HAVE ENOUGH GUN LAWS. KEEP THE GUNS OUT OF THESE CRMINALS' HANDS, KEEP THE GUNS AWAY FROM MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE, QUIT LETTING THESE CRIMINALS OUT OF PRIOSN AND THIS WILL ALL GO AWAY!!!!
February 25, 2013 7:44 p.m.
February 25, 2013 6:20 p.m.