Anthony Lee White, 58, a male who was Black/African American, was found shot to death on August 13, 2025, inside a room at the Sleep Inn on Commerce Parkway in Garner, North Carolina. Another hotel employee discovered Anthony Lee White, 58, that afternoon just before 4 p.m., and responding deputies from the Johnston County Sheriff's Office found him with a fatal gunshot wound. Investigators said Anthony Lee White, 58, lived and worked at the hotel where he was killed.
Detectives quickly focused on a family member. Within hours, officers identified his son, 20-year-old David Lamont White of Angier, as the suspect. That night, around 11:30 p.m., deputies located him in a parking lot on Blue Peak Drive in Garner and arrested him without incident. He was charged with murdering his father, Anthony Lee White, 58, and taken to the Johnston County Detention Center, where he was held without bond as the investigation continued. Authorities did not release a motive.
The killing of Anthony Lee White, 58, in Garner was also documented by regional records of fatal shootings and local crime trackers, which mark the date and place of the death and align with the law-enforcement accounts that followed his son's arrest.
