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Ronald Potts

Case from Fayetteville, NC dated Jul 10, 2016

Victim Details

Ronald Potts

Male

Black / African American

Fayetteville

NC

2016-07-10

47

Ronald

Potts

08/08/2026

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Ronald Potts, a 47-year-old Black man from Selma, North Carolina, was fatally shot on July 10, 2016, in Fayetteville, NC. The incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. in the 1600 block of Rim Road. Ronald Potts was identified as the victim by the Fayetteville Police Department.

Following the shooting, the Fayetteville Police Department arrested 21-year-old Russell McCants-McGill, also a Black man from Fayetteville, on charges of first-degree murder, shooting into an occupied dwelling, assault w ...
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  • ABC11 Raleigh-Durham: 1 dead, 1 injured after shooting in Fayetteville
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