FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — The man who barricaded himself inside a Fayetteville apartment was wanted for the murder of a homeless man, police told CBS 17.
Officers with Fayetteville Police Violent Criminal Apprehension Team and an agent with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s Criminal Apprehension Team attempted to serve a murder arrest warrant to 33-year-old Shakoor Williams on Tuesday.
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Fayetteville’s Police Chief Kem Braden said Williams armed and barricaded himself inside for nearly four hours at the Kings Cross Apartments near Morganton Road.
Witnesses said he came out after firing shots inside the apartment. They said he was met with gunfire from the officers. Williams was pronounced dead at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.
CBS 17 learned on Wednesday that the arrest warrant was for the murder of Willie Russell. The 31-year-old was shot and killed along Seneca Drive on Mother’s Day. He was walking to a friend’s home to take a shower. Russell lived in a tent behind a church in Fayetteville.