Death threats and arguments preceded fatal Spring Lake shooting

Charging documents allege that a Hope Mills man charged in a homicide earlier this month had multiple arguments on social media with his estranged wife’s boyfriend before breaking into the man’s Spring Lake home and killing him.

Chase Tyler Bryant, 28, is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree burglary in the shooting death of Steven Sims, 28.

The Spring Lake Police Department said that around 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 6, Sims was found suffering from a gunshot wound at his home on Rupe Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene…

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