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Earl Carpenter

Case from Lumberton, NC dated Aug 04, 2026

Victim Details

Earl Carpenter

Male

Lumberton

NC

2026-08-04

49

Earl

Carpenter

08/11/2026

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In the early morning hours of Tuesday, August 4, 2026, the quiet of a Lumberton, North Carolina community was shattered by gunfire. Responding to a report of a person shot, deputies from the Robeson County Sheriff's Office arrived at a residence in the 9800 block of N.C. Highway 72 East at approximately 5:20 a.m. Inside, they discovered the body of 49-year-old Earl Carpenter, a resident of Lumberton, who had been fatally wounded.

The initial investigation quickly pointed to a suspect, 78- ...
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