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Three family members were killed Friday in a stabbing, including an older woman and two juveniles, according to Fayetteville police.


'Definitely a shock': Three family members stabbed at Fayetteville home, man in custody

OR REACH. YOU CAN COUNT ON. >> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS IN FAYETTEVILLE WHERE POLICE TELL US 3 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STABBED TO DEATH. THIS HAPPENED AT A HOME ON BELL ARTHUR LANE THIS MORNING. AND WE CONTINUE TO GET DETAILS MINUTE BY MINUTE. WRAL. SEAN GALLAGHER IS LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH WHAT HE HAS LEARNED ABOUT THE VICTIMS AND THE PERSON IN CUSTODY. SEAN. >> YES, STILL A VERY ACTIVE SCENE THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE BEHIND ME. POLICE BEEN OUT HERE SINCE ABOUT 09:00AM THIS MORNING AND THEY HAVE THIS ENTIRE BLOCK OF BELL. ARTHUR TAPED OFF RIGHT NOW REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT HOUSE. THAT IS UP SECOND IN ON THE RIGHT THAT YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR VIDEO HERE. VERY LARGE GARAGE, VERY LARGE HOUSE THAT'S CONNECTED TO AND I WAS TALKING TO A NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES INSIDE THE TAPE HERE. SHE SAYS THAT A LARGE FAMILY MOVED INTO THIS HOME RECENTLY, BUT SAYS IT REALLY QUIET KEPT TO THEMSELVES. NOW, THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW. I DID. POLICE WERE CALLED HERE FROM SOMEONE INSIDE THE HOUSE AROUND 09:00AM. THEY FOUND MULTIPLE VICTIMS WITH CRITICAL INJURIES. 3 PEOPLE DIED HERE AT THE SCENE. THAT'S 2 JUVENILE VICTIMS AND AN OLDER WOMAN. PLUS AN ADULT MALE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HERE'S WHAT FAYETTEVILLE POLICE CHIEF KIM BRITAIN HAD TO SAY ABOUT HOW EVERYONE INVOLVED KNEW EACH OTHER. >> THEY ALL WERE RESIDE IN THE HOME. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT RELATIONSHIP. SO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED AT THIS TIME. BUT THEY ALL DO RESIDE IN THE HOME IS THE PEERS OF THE POTENTIALLY RELATED GROUP ON BANGOR IS ALL FAMILY RELATED. >> WERE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT SURVIVED WERE HOSPITALIZED, THAT WITNESSES THAT, YES, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE, MULTIPLE PEOPLE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AT THE TIME THERE WERE SURVIVORS AND WITNESSES >> THEY HEAR THAT SURVIVORS AND WITNESSES TO THIS INSIDE THE HOME WHERE 3 PEOPLE WERE KILLED. SO A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO WAIT TO GET, ESPECIALLY ON THAT ADULT MALE SUSPECT. THE FAYETTEVILLE POLICE CHIEF SAYS THEY WILL LIKELY HAVE AN UPDATE WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION LATER THIS

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One man died in a house fire in Holly Springs Friday. Family members woke up to an explosion around 3:45 a.m. Frankie Carl Richardson, 75, died in the blaze.

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Martin Short & Steve Martin's sold-out Saturday show in Durham rescheduled for October

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