Fort Bragg soldiers charged in deadly NC parking lot shooting
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Two Fort Bragg soldiers and a third man have been arrested and charged with murdering two men they allegedly were trying to rob in a North Carolina restaurant parking lot.
Fayetteville Police Department announced Satureday the arrests of 20-year-old Ferris Brown, 19-year-old Javier Rashad Johnson and 19-year-old Daivon Tahjai Chambers on charges of first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery.
Brown and Johnson are active-duty soldiers at Fort Bragg. Brown is with the 1-17th Calvary Regiment; Johnson is with the 2-504th 82nd Airborne Division, according to police. Chambers is from Fayetteville.
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All three men were jailed without bond and it's not known if they have attorneys.
They were accused of killing 18-year-old Dareon Tyrese Cook and 32-year-old Jonathan David Goodman who were found in a parked car on Sept. 5 as officers conducted security checks. Cook was pronounced dead at the scene. Goodman died at a hospital on Sept 7.
Their car was parked outside a Smokey Bones restaurant in Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville police said robbery was the motive, WNCN-TV reported.
“Part of me is sad over the fact that it was done because of something as simple as a robbery,” Goodman’s father told the station.
David Goodman said his son had seven children and an eighth on the way.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.