The man facing a murder charge after a Friday night shooting at Cary’s Fenton social district is an employee of the security provider there.
Cory Edward McNeill was found shot to death just before 9 p.m. Friday in Fenton’s Green parking deck, police said.
Shortly thereafter, police say, Malik Emaje Scott-McClarin called them and surrendered in connection with the shooting.
According to the warrant for his arrest, Scott-McClarin is an employee of Sunstates Security, a private security provider based in Raleigh. In a statement, Sunstates VP Roberta Scoblick said the company is cooperating with police in the murder investigation.
“Sunstates Security provides services for Fenton in an unarmed capacity,” she said.
She did not address why Scott-McClarin had a weapon on the property or whether he was on duty for Sunstates at the time of the shooting.
On Saturday, at least one guard wearing a Sunstates patch was visible on Fenton property.
Mike Woodard, who identified himself as a Sunstates employee contracted with Fenton, referred questions to the corporate office and asked WRAL News to leave the property.
Woodard did say that security at Fenton on Saturday was on par with the crowds to be expected on the final weekend before Christmas. He declined to offer specifics about security or personnel.
According to the Cary Police Department, officers were called around 8:45 p.m. to the Green parking deck at Fenton, where they found McNeill inside a vehicle.
Police Scott-McClarin and McNeill knew each other, and that there was no further threat to anyone else.
Court records show the two men were arrested on the same day (Oct. 22) and on the same charges in Selma — possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The shooting in Cary was the second in two days for the town. On Thursday night, a woman was shot on Berry Chase Way.
It was also at least the second at a busy shopping area Friday night, just days before Christmas. In Lumberton, a 42-year-old woman was shot and killed at a Walmart on the 5000 block of Fayetteville Road. Police there also said it was an isolated incident with no further threat to the public, although they did not immediately make an arrest or release the name or description of a suspect.