Man arrested in deadly Fayetteville shooting, charged with murder

A man was taken into custody in a deadly shooting from Saturday night in Fayetteville.

According to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, Bryant Thomas King, 34, was shot on the 4200 block of Dudley Road.

King was pronounced dead at the scene.

Deputies charged Hamzah Abdullah Thompson, 20, of Fayetteville, with first-degree murder. On Monday morning, Rockingham police arrested Thompson, who is currently being held at the Richmond County Detention Center.

Deputies responded to a verbal disturbance call at the scene Saturday night. When they arrived, they found King with a gunshot wound.

Deputies are asking anyone with information to the investigation to call Cumberland County Sheriff's Office Homicide Detective Senior Sergeant C. Zwan at 910-677-5503 or Crimestoppers at 910-483-8477.