A Fayetteville man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder after an altercation led to the shooting deaths of a woman and her adult children Sunday night near Hope Mills Road, police said.
The Police Department said in a Jan. 26 news release that officers responded to reports of shots fired at about 9:35 p.m. Jan. 25 on the 5200 block of North Sumac Circle.
Cheri Smith, 50, her son Erin Poole, 29, and her daughter Amanda Smith, 23, were inside their home when, at some point, police said, Cheri Smith became involved in an altercation with someone she knew, Nijyle Lewis, 25, of Fayetteville…