Aaron Daine Smith, 42, a white male from Elizabethtown, North Carolina, died on July 8, 2025, after being shot inside the family's home on Woodhouse Drive. Responding officers and medics found Aaron Daine Smith with multiple gunshot wounds and he succumbed to his injuries while being transported to a nearby hospital. A 911 call related to the incident was logged just after 9:23 p.m., and news of his death soon spread through the tight-knit community that knew him as a husband, father, and local
business figure. An obituary later confirmed the date of death and remembered him as a devoted family man.
Elizabethtown Police opened a homicide investigation the night of the shooting and identified a single suspect at the scene. His wife, Charlotte Brandy Smith, 45, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Aaron Daine Smith, 42. Authorities said she was taken into custody and booked into the Bladen County Detention Facility while the case proceeded, and later made an initial court appearance. Local coverage noted the case's impact on the community and reported that the investigation remained active in the days that followed.
Public records related to victim advocacy and gun-violence tracking subsequently listed the July 8, 2025, killing of Aaron Daine Smith, 42, in Elizabethtown, with a firearm identified as the weapon and Charlotte Brandy Smith, 45, recorded as the alleged perpetrator. Funeral notices and memorial pages posted in the aftermath provided additional confirmation of the date, age, and location of his death. As of those reports, no additional suspects had been named by law enforcement.
