'Amazing' N.C. Woman Who Was 'Scared' About Breakup Is Killed by Ex in Murder-Suicide

Xamegga Whitfield.Photo: Facebook

Fayetteville Police released a statement on Thursday’s murder-suicide, but have yet to officially identify the victims.

According to the statement, officers were called to a Fayetteville neighborhood on Thursday morning, just before 7:30 a.m.

“Responding officers located an adult male on his knees, outside of the residence, in the roadway holding a handgun,” it continues. “As the first officer was arriving, the male subject turned the handgun on himself and shot himself.”

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Bell told WRALthat the couple had an argument the night before the murder-suicide.

“I guess, last night, they had got into it or whatever, and then, he had busted my mom’s rent-a-car window because they were moving stuff into her house,” Bell said. “The next morning, my mom said [Whitfield] was already scared.”

Anyone with information pertinent to this investigation is asked to call Det. J. Olsen at 910-709-1958 or reach out toFayetteville Crimestoppersat 910-483-TIPS (8477).

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source: people.com