Family: Man shot and killed in Fayetteville was a good person

Although police did not identify the victims, one was named as 33-year-old Marchellous Braddy by family members who spoke to WRAL News. Braddy's two sisters didn't want to appear on camera but said their brother was a good man who didn't deserve to die.
Posted 5/16/2022, 4:14:11 PM Updated 5/16/2022, 9:12:23 PM

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>> INVESTIGATORS HAVE

IDENTIFIED THE VICTIMS OF A

DEADLY SHOOTING IN FAYETTEVILLE

AND TELL US THE MAN AND WOMAN

WHO DIED KNEW EACH OTHER.

WRAL. FAYETTEVILLE, REPORTER

GILBERT BAYS IS LIVE AFTER

SPEAKING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS

ABOUT THIS TRAGEDY AND OVER.

THIS MUST BE HEARTBREAK.

CHRIS. IT ABSOLUTELY IS.

I TALK WITH OF ONE OF THE

VICTIMS AND SISTERS, BROTHER,

EVEN A COUSIN. BUT NONE FELT

COMFORTABLE ENOUGH.

>> TO GO ON CAMERA WITH ME NOW.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST ACT OF

VIOLENCE THAT'S BEEN PLAYED OUT

IN THIS COMMUNITY. RESIDENTS OF

THE CREASE AGE COMMUNITY SAY

THEY'RE TIRED OF ALL THE

VIOLENCE AND THEY ARE SCARED.

>> AND I THINK AS A COMMUNITY,

WHICH WE HAVE TO

LIVE SAFELY, WE'RE SCARED.

EVAN JENKINS IS LIVE IN THE

CREEKS EDGE COMMUNITY OFF.

AFTON SHIRE DRIVE FOR 4 YEARS.

>> LAST NIGHT AROUND THE CORNER

FROM HER HOUSE. 2 PEOPLE WERE

FOUND DEAD. FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE

IDENTIFIED ONE OF THE VICTIMS

AS 33 YEAR-OLD MARCELLIS

BRANDY. POLICE SAY THE SECOND

VICTIM IS 27 YEAR-OLD NIKITA

BROOKS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE

HOMEOWNER CAME IN AROUND 12, 15

AND FOUND BRANDI UNRESPONSIVE

ON THE FLOOR. WHEN

INVESTIGATORS ARRIVED, THEY

CONFIRMED BRADY HAD DIED FROM

HIS WOUNDS AND DISCOVERED

BROOKS, HIS BODY OUTSIDE IN

THE YARD. POLICE SAY THE 2 KNEW

EACH OTHER SO FAR DOES NOT

APPEAR TO BE A RANDOM INCIDENT.

YOU HAVE 2 PEOPLE DEAD FROM

GUNSHOT WOUNDS. IT DOESN'T LOOK

LIKE THEY SHOT EACH OTHER OR IS

THERE ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS

INVOLVED? NO, IT DOES NOT

APPEAR THAT THIS MANY 5

SHOOTING BETWEEN OUR TO THE

SCENE AND SO DOES APPEAR THAT

THERE WAS A 3RD PARTY INVOLVED.

JENKINS SAYS THE SHOOTINGS OR

BITTER REMINDER OF THE VIOLENCE

THAT'S HAPPENED IN THIS

NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> LAST YEAR A MAN WAS FOUND

SHOT AND KILLED ON THE SAME

STREET. JAY CAN SAYS HER SON

WAS ALSO SHOT LAST YEAR.

BUT HE SURVIVED BEFORE I KNOW

IT GOT UP TO GO INTO SHOT MY

BABY BACK AND LET US STRAIGHT

THROUGH. THANK GOD. HE WAS 17

YEARS OLD. MY SON IS 17 HAS

BEEN TRAUMATIZED.

>> A NEIGHBORHOOD WE THOUGHT

WAS SAFE.

>> NOW WE'RE LOOKING INTO SOME

INFORMATION THAT THE SUSPECTS

VEHICLE IN THIS INCIDENT MAY

HAVE BEEN FOUND SOMEWHERE IN

JOHNSON COUNTY. CHRIS. WE'LL

HAVE MORE ON THAT AS THAT

DEVELOPS. MEANWHILE, THE

INVESTIGATORS ARE TELLING

ANYONE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD

TO CHECK THE DOORBELL AND

SECURITY CAMERAS TO SEE IF THEY

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