Suspect arrested in drive-by shootout that killed mother of 6

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Dejywan Floyd, left, 29, charged with shooting and killing a mother of six, Julie Eberly, 47, in Lumberton, SC, in a road rage incident.
Robeson County Sheriff’s Officer

A North Carolina man has been caught in a cold-blooded drive-by shooting that left a mother of six dead, authorities said Thursday.

Dejywan Floyd, 29, of Lumberton, was arrested early Thursday on charges of first degree murder in the death of Julie Eberly, 47, the Robeson County Sherriff’s office said.

The arrest comes a week after Eberly was shot through the passenger door of her car as she and her husband, Ryan, were on their way to celebrate their birthdays at Hilton Head.

The couple were driving on Interstate 95 in Lumberton when her husband accidentally cut another motorist.

“I didn’t see that he was going around me and I pushed him on the shoulder by mistake. As soon as I could, I gave him room to get back on the freeway, ”Ryan told WGAL news channel.

But then Floyd allegedly walked up to them, rolled down the window, and fired several shots into the vehicle.

“I saw in my mirror that he was passing us on the right and shots were fired, our car was hit. My wife called out my name. I asked if she had been hit and she said ‘yes’, ”Ryan said.

Eberly was rushed to the University of North Carolina Southeast Hospital, where she later died of her injuries.

In addition to the murder charge, Floyd is also charged with discharging a gun on an occupied property.

“Whatever the circumstances, no one deserved to be murdered while roaming the roads of our country,” Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said in a statement.

Floyd is currently being held without bond at the Robeson County Detention Center, authorities said.