LUMBERTON — Lumberton police are looking for a 23-year-old man they believe shot and killed an 18-year-old near Cooper Street on Saturday.

According to a statement from the Lumberton Police Department, warrants have been issued for the arrest of Ryan Hunt for shooting and killing Cameron Brewington.

Officers went to the area of Cooper Street and Warwick Mill Road at about 5 p.m. Saturday after receiving a report of shots being fired there. They found Brewington on the ground with a gunshot wound to his upper body, the statement said. Officers administered CPR and Brewington was taken to Southeastern Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Warrants have been issued for Hunt, of Cave Street, for first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call Detective Dereck Evans at the Lumberton Police Department at 910-671-3845.

Ryan Hunt
Ryan Hunt

Staff Report