The man facing a murder charge after a Friday night shooting at Cary's Fenton social district is an employee of the security provider there.
The man facing a murder charge after a Friday night shooting at Cary's Fenton social district is an employee of the security provider there.
Cory Edward McNeill was found shot to death just before 9 p.m. Friday in Fenton's Green parking deck, police said.
Shortly thereafter, police say, Malik Emaje Scott-McClarin called them and surrendered in connection with the shooting.
According to the warrant for his arrest, Malik Emaje Scott-McClarin is an employee of Sunstates Security, a private security provider based in Raleigh.
On Saturday, at least one guard wearing a Sunstates patch was visible on Fenton property. WRAL News emailed and called Sunstates to ask whether Scott-McClarin worked security for Fenton and whether he was on duty at the time of the shooting. No one was available to answer those questions.
Mike Woodard, who identified himself as a Sunstates employee contracted with Fenton, referred questions to the corporate office and asked WRAL News to leave the property. The Sunstates corporate phone number went straight to voicemail on Saturday, and no one has returned messages left by WRAL News.
Woodard did say that security at Fenton on Saturday was on par with the crowds to be expected on the final weekend before Christmas. He declined to offer specifics about security or personnel.
According to the Cary Police Department, officers were called around 8:45 p.m. to the Green parking deck at Fenton, where they found McNeill inside a vehicle.
Police Scott-McClarin and McNeill knew each other, and that there was no further threat to anyone else. They asked anyone with additional information related to the shooting to contact them at 919-469-4012 or through an anonymous tip with Cary Crime Stoppers at 919-460-4636.
The shooting in Cary was the second in two days for the town. On Thursday night, a woman was shot on Berry Chase Way.
It was also at least the second at a busy shopping area Friday night, just days before Christmas. In Lumberton, a 42-year-old woman was shot and killed at a Walmart on the 5000 block of Fayetteville Road. Police there also said it was an isolated incident with no further threat to the public, although they did not immediately make an arrest or release the name or description of a suspect.