Courage Award: Her heart stopped twice, but Chandra Locklear wouldn t be kept out Updated: 2021-07-15 20:33:57
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By Jared Fialko, WRAL Sports reporter
Pembroke, N.C. Purnell Swett High School rising senior Chandra Locklear loves to play softball for her high school and her travel team. She s on the ball field somewhere five and six weeks at a time. There was one time she went 12 weeks straight she gave up her whole summer, said her father, Royce Cummings.
Locklear takes refuge on a softball field. It s her place of comfort. But it s also the site of the 17-year-old s deepest trauma.
One man was arrested and another is being sought in the Monday shooting of a woman at a Cumberland County motel, an official said Tuesday.
Rommie Tyrell Reed, 29, who also lived at the Coliseum Inn, was arrested Tuesday morning on charges of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill, and conspiracy in the shooting of Miya Denise Watts, 26, according to a news release from the Cumberland County Sheriff s Office.
Police were called to the Coliseum Inn, 2507 Gillespie St., shortly after 4 p.m. Monday where they found Watts suffering from a gunshot wound, the release said. She was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Her condition was not released.
Photos were released of a man wanted for questioning in a shooting Monday at a Gillespie Street motel, according to a news release from the Cumberland County Sheriff s Office.
Miya Denise Watts, 26, was shot at least once while at the Coliseum Inn, 2507 Gillespie St. about 4 p.m., the release said.
Watts was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Her condition was not released.
The photograph was collected by investigators from video at the scene, according to the release.
The Sheriff s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the man.
Anyone with information can call 911, 910-323-1500 or Crimestoppers at 910-483-8477. Anonymous tips can also be submitted at http://p3tips.com.
The COVID-19 pandemic, a once-in-a-century crisis, has touched everyone in some way.
Spread of the highly infectious coronavirus prompted most governments to enact unprecedented shutdowns of public facilities and businesses, including here in Cumberland County. Communicating through video became a way of life. Seeing our friends, relatives, coworkers and neighbors in masks became common sights.
It has been a year since the World Health Organization designated COVID-19 as a pandemic.
The Fayetteville Observer over the next few days will take a look back over these difficult 12 months. We will view events through the eyes of several people in Cumberland County and the Sandhills region.
One killed, four others wounded in Fayetteville shooting
March 6, 2021
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) A Fayetteville man is dead, a second is in critical condition and three others also suffered gunshot wounds after a shooting in the city.
Police say the shooting occurred shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday on Shads Ford Lane. Thirty-two-year-old Albert Alexander Harris was pronounced dead at the scene.
A second victim, who has not been identified, was in critical condition Saturday after being taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.
Three others suffered non-life threatening gunshot injuries.
Police say multiple vehicles fled the scene, and that their investigation is ongoing.