Jefferey Michael Cain, 26, of Hope Mills, North Carolina, was shot and killed the night of November 15, 2022. Deputies from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shots-fired call about 9:30 p.m. in the 3400 block of State Street, a residential area in Hope Mills, and found Cain with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators arrested 27-year-old James Christopher Brown Jr., also of Hope Mills, on a charge of first-degree murder; he was held without bond and had a first court appearance set for November 16, 2022. A second man, 23-year-old Tyler Alex Culbreth of Robeson County, was later charged with first-degree murder after being arrested by homicide detectives with assistance from the Special Response Team; he was also held without bond. The shooting was the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office’s 14th homicide investigation of 2022 and the fourth fatal shooting in the county in November.

Anyone with information about Cain’s killing is asked to contact the authorities.