The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is undergoing an investigation following the deaths of two men who were shot on Yarborough Road near Fayetteville, a tragedy that befell the community on Tuesday morning. Law enforcement responded to an emergency call just past 11 a.m. and, upon arrival at the 3600 block of the particular street, they discovered two males deceased from gunshot wounds, as reported by CBS17. The crime scene staged just outside a stately home in the county, has left the Sheriff's Office searching for 42-year-old Desmund Louis Moore for questioning, linking him to the area at the time of the shootings and to a white 2020 Volkswagen Passat with a tag KMY-5114.
Witnesses and those who held the slain men dear remained by the site for extended hours as detectives probed the stretch of road that was closed for the investigation, though it was reopened later, as noted by ABC11. While the victims' identities have been kept under wraps pending family notification, specific details around the work truck where the incident unfolded were obtuse, but its shattered glass pointed to sudden violence that interrupted the workday. The sheriff’s office has not named anyone as a suspect, but the manhunt for Moore continues, with officials urging anyone with information to contact Detective I. Fisk at the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office or the anonymous Crimestoppers hotline.
Adding to the emerging narrative, a 911 call elaborated on the alarm that spread through the area when the shots were fired, with the caller confessing an inability to precisely pinpoint the source of the gunfire that claimed lives at a job site as cited in a conversation on Broadcastify, sky 5 aerial footage capturing the home's expansive driveway cordoned off with responders now familiar with sorrow spread below. WRAL News revealed Moore's troubled past with a history of serious criminal charges laid against him in 2016 for the rape and assault of a young woman, a past that now shadows the current search efforts.
Investigators are piecing together the events as a community looks on and law enforcement pleads for public assistance in locating Moore who was last seen driving the aforementioned Passa. Those with knowledge of Moore's whereabouts or other relevant information are encouraged to reach out to law enforcement.
