FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) – One man is dead and another injured after they were shot Saturday in the parking lot of a strip club on Bragg Boulevard, Fayetteville police said.
Around 2:30 a.m., officers responded to the parking lot the Body Tapp strip club, located at 1200 Bragg Boulevard, where they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds.
Both victims were transported to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center where Emanuel Montez Blowe, Jr., 31, of Hope Mills, was pronounced dead, police said.
Stanley Lamar Simons, 31, of Hope Milles, is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Fayetteville police identified Derek Terrill Tolliver, 26, as a suspect in the shooting.
Police are searching for Tolliver, whose last known address is in the 200 block of Peachtree Lane in Sanford.
Tolliver has been charged with first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Anyone with information concerning the homicide is asked to contact Detective D. Johnson with the Fayetteville Police Department at (910) 224-3257 or Crimestoppers at (910) 483-TIPS (8477). Crimestoppers information can also be submitted by visiting fay-nccrimestoppers.org and completing the anonymous online tip sheet or by text-a-tip on your mobile device by sending a message to 274637 (in the text box type “4Tip” followed by your message).
Why are these people too stupid to just go to a club and enjoy themselves? I just hope the do gooders in Fayetteville don't use this as an excuse to launch a fresh attack on area clubs.