Felicia Barbee-Battle, 30, was fatally shot on March 25, 2024, outside her workplace, Molly Maid, in the Beaver Creek Commons Shopping Center in Apex, North Carolina. The shooting happened about 8:23 a.m. after her ex-boyfriend, 30-year-old Tevin Montrell Leach, arrived at the business and asked her to step outside. A coworker urged her to stay inside, but she went out and was shot multiple times. She was taken to a hospital and later died of her injuries.

Leach fled in a gold or beige older model sedan with tinted windows but was found hours later and arrested at a Days Inn on Highway 17 in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He was charged with first-degree murder. Coworkers said they knew Leach from prior visits and described Barbee-Battle as bubbly, fun, and hardworking, devoted to her two young sons. The case has prompted renewed community conversations about domestic violence and the need for support services.