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Shooting on Yarborough Road | The murder suspect was identified the day after the fatal double shooting in Cumberland County but is still at large

Shooting on Yarborough Road | The murder suspect was identified the day after the fatal double shooting in Cumberland County but is still at large

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — A 42-year-old Fayetteville man is wanted for murder in a shooting that killed two younger men Tuesday.

The shooting occurred outside a home in the 3600 block of Yarborough Road, a Fayetteville address near Hope Mills.

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said the 911 call came in a few minutes after 11 a.m

Officers discovered that two men had been shot. They were pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have now identified these men as Arthur Knight Acosta, 21, and Jefferson Taylor Duggins, 32.

It remains unclear what led to the shooting. Officers focused their investigation on a work truck with broken glass that was parked near a home on Yarborough Road.

Desmund Louis Moore, 42, is charged with first-degree murder in the case. Deputies have not said whether or how Moore knew the victims.

Anyone with information about Moore’s whereabouts is asked to please contact Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Detective I. Fisk at (910) 677-5463 or Crimestoppers at (910) 483-TIPS (8477). Crimestoppers information can also be submitted electronically.

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