On the afternoon of September 6, 2025, Rebia Hobbs, 75, female, was found shot to death inside her home in Castle Hayne, North Carolina. Deputies with the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to Davis Lane after reports of a suspicious person; inside the residence they discovered the bodies of Rebia Hobbs, 75, female, and her son Eric Hobbs, 51, both dead from gunshot wounds. The address was documented as 3329 Davis Lane, and the case was recorded as a double homicide in regional and national gun-violence databases.
Before the day was over, investigators identified a suspect within the family circle. According to authorities, 35-year-old Shan Shawon Hobbs—Rebia Hobbs's grandson and Eric Hobbs's nephew—was arrested and booked into the New Hanover County Detention Facility without bond, charged with two counts of first-degree murder. An arrest log also noted the time and location of the arrest on the evening of September 6 at the same Davis Lane address.
In the days that followed, the early narrative took on the stark cadence of a family tragedy moving into the courts. At his first appearance on September 8, 2025, Shan Shawon Hobbs pleaded not guilty, requested a court-appointed attorney, and was ordered held with no bond while the case proceeded; a subsequent court date was set for later that month. As of those initial hearings, there were no additional suspects publicly named beyond the single defendant already in custody, and investigators had not released a motive.
In parallel with the criminal process, public records and memorial pages fixed the basic facts of loss. Listings for Rebia Davis Hobbs confirmed her death on September 6, 2025, in the Wilmington–Castle Hayne area, while regional coverage and victim registries continued to refer to the case as a double homicide of Rebia Hobbs, 75, female, and Eric Hobbs, 51. The entries echoed the same date, place, and circumstances documented by law enforcement and local media, underscoring that, beyond the single arrest and pending charges, no further arrests or suspects had been announced.
