As investigators continue working a double homicide case in the Woodlake community, friends and family members of the victims are beginning to share more about the two people killed in Saturday morning’s shooting.
Friends identified them in Facebook posts as Katerina “Kate” Tovmash and her boyfriend, Matthew Wade, and the Moore County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the names Sunday afternoon.
Deputies were called to the 700 block of Daphne Lane around 7:45 a.m. Saturday. Authorities said two victims were found with gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene. The victims were 28 and 21 years old.
The victims were identified as Kateryna Tovmash, 21, of Vass, and Matthew Wade, 28, of Hamilton, Mississippi. The sheriff’s office said the shooting happened at Tovmash’s residence in the Woodlake community.
The Moore County Sheriff’s Office has identified Caleb Hayden Fosnaugh, 25, of Ohio, as a suspect in the case. Investigators have confirmed that Tovmash and Fosnaugh were previously in a relationship in Ohio. Fosnaugh was arrested in Ohio on Saturday afternoon, according to authorities.
While investigators have released limited information so far, friends and family are using social media to share the stories, memories and love left behind.
Friends said Tovmash was a Ukrainian refugee and had been caring for her younger sisters. Posts from those close to her said the sisters were inside the home at the time of the shooting.
Wade’s family said he was originally from Mississippi and was an active-duty Army soldier stationed at Fort Bragg.
In a Facebook post, Wade’s sister, Courtney Wade Miller, said there were “not enough words” to describe what her family is going through, but said she wanted people to understand who her brother was.
“But I believe this story needs to be shared, and the world needs to know what kind of person my brother was,” Miller wrote.
Miller described Wade as someone who loved deeply and was known for helping others, saying he would “give you the shirt off his back, even if it was his last one.”
She said he was the only brother among four sisters, and wrote that the loss has left their family devastated.
Miller also said Wade loved kids and had dreamed of becoming a father one day. She wrote that he had three nephews and one niece, and that he adored them.
She also wrote about the grief his parents are facing, saying their mother had been excited to watch him live out his dreams, and that his father was his best friend.
The post described Wade as someone who always put others before himself, saying he would give away what he had, even if it meant going without.
“He would give you his last dollar, even if it meant he would go hungry,” Miller wrote. “He would give you his blanket, even if it meant he would be cold.”
Miller said Wade had big plans for his future, including travel through the Army.
“He was supposed to go to Italy this year,” she wrote, adding that he also hoped to visit Hawaii, Japan and Ireland.
She also said Wade had previously worked as a police officer before joining the military.
Miller’s post included small details that friends and family said made Wade who he was, including his love for Marvel movies, Stephen King books, comic books, tattoos, line dancing, video games, going to the gym and spending time with family.
The Moore County Sheriff’s Office has not released additional details about the shooting. The investigation remains ongoing.
