Neighbor charged in deadly shooting

Written by The Fayetteville Observer

Monday, February 02, 2009

LUMBERTON -- A neighborhood dispute over a four-wheeling child ended in a death Saturday in Lumberton.

Robeson County Sheriff Kenneth Sealey said the department received a call that a man had been shot, around 4:30 p.m.

When investigators arrived on the scene five minutes later, Stoney McNeill, 54, of the 300 block of Mud Alley Road in Lumberton, was found lying dead, apparently from a gunshot wound, Sealey said.

Investigators charged McNeill's neighbor, 38-year-old Joey Lewis, of the 200 block of Mud Alley Road, with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Sealey said the men were arguing about a juvenile relative of Lewis who was four-wheeling along Mud Alley Road.

McNeill told Lewis the child would tear up the dirt road by repeatedly driving the four-wheeler on it.

When the argument escalated, Sealey said Lewis shot McNeill.

Additional details of the incident were unavailable, but detectives are continuing to investigate, Sealey said.

Source:http://www.fayobserver.com/

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