Six people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Washington.

Cortez Lavon Ebron, 26, died Monday after the shooting that occurred outside a Clifton Meadows apartment on West Tenth Street.

The homicide was associated with a drug deal involving marijuana, according to law enforcement officials, and it was the community as a whole that helped them determine what had happened.

“During the course of the investigation, the information that the officers received from the general public and received from witnesses led to these individuals,” said Washington Police and Fire Services Director Stacy Drakeford. “It wasn’t one piece of information, it was a lot of information put together that led back to these people. Nobody gave them a roadmap to follow.”

Tuesday, Michael Anthray Davis, 27, of Manual Drive, Washington, and Prentice Lee Barrow, 22, of Pantego Street, Belhaven, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and placed in the Beaufort County Detention Center without bond, pending first appearances in court.

On Wednesday, Mary Elizabeth Glover, 17, of River Chase Drive, Greenville, and Antonio Bryce Topping, 18, of River Chase Drive, Greenville, were arrested and charged with murder, and placed in the Pitt County Detention Center, without bond, pending court appearances.

Thursday, William Alexander Melton, 19, of Cherokee Drive, Greenville, and Demetrius Dontrell Smith, 21, of Singletree Drive, Greenville, were arrested and charged with murder and placed in the Pitt County Detention Center, also without bond, pending court appearances.

According to Lt. William Chrismon, it was through the hard work of investigators and the willingness of both the law enforcement community — Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, Hyde County Sheriff’s Office, NCDPS Community Corrections and Greenville Police Department — and witnesses coming forward to help with the investigation that turned up suspects so quickly.

“That is the only way you’re going to solve a crime — is if everybody gets involved and has a stake in the outcome,” Drakeford said.