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Fayetteville man arrested, charged with murder in August 2021 motel shooting
Donald Edward Payne Jr. is charged with first-degree murder.
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — U.S. Marshals have made an arrest in connection with the shooting death of a Spring Lake man last year in a motel room.
On Thursday, the U.S. Marshals Services arrested Donald Edward Payne Jr. at an apartment on Tiffany Court in Fayetteville.
Payne, 38, of Fayetteville, is charged with first-degree murder. He is accused of shooting and killing Erik Darnell Anderson on Aug. 11, 2021, at a Motel 6 at 3719 Bragg Blvd.
Authorities took Payne to the Cumberland County Detention Center where he remains under no bond.
Anyone with information about the investigation is asked to call Fayetteville police at 910-709-1958 or Crime Stoppers at 910-483-8477.
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