Rebakah Madelynn Hart-O’Sullivan was killed in a shooting at her home in the 100 block of Todd Drive NE just after 7:30 p.m. Police say there was reportedly a domestic dispute between Rebakah Hart-O’Sullivan and her husband, who was identified as 53-year-old Patrick William O’Sullivan. Read More Source
January 11, 2018 Brittany White, 24 Weapon: Firearm County: Mecklenburg
Lost to gun violence on January 11, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was the life of the party. She walked into a room and just brightened everything up. Her smile was contagious and she had a beautiful personality and was loved and admired by many. Read More Source
January 20, 2018 Amanda Lindsay, 23 Weapon: Firearm County: Forsyth
Her life was cut short when she was shot multiple times at her apartment. “The one memory I’ll always cherish about Mandi was her smile. You could be depressed, but if she smiled, you couldn’t help but smile, too,” her cousin Carlette Ewell said Tuesday. “She was very outgoing, and she’d give you the clothes off her back if she could. Read More Source
January 24, 2018 Nancy Clark, 72 Weapon: Firearm County: Caldwell
Neighbors identified the couple as Johnny and Nancy Clark. They said Nancy was suffering from dementia and Johnny was trying to care for her. He had health issues too, however, and they said it was tough on him. “He had a hard time just caring for himself,”said neighbor Elizabeth Hurley, who added, “it’s just a sad situation.” Read More Source
January 28, 2018 Donna Katrice Richardson, 36 Weapon: Firearm County: Halifax
The female victim of a murder-suicide Sunday in Halifax County was a Rocky Mount resident who reportedly worked as a stocker at the Wal-Mart in Rocky Mount. Donna enjoyed spending time with her close-knit family. Her two adorable children were her world. She gave of her love, her time, and her talents to carve a special place in their hearts that would forever leave a positive nurturing impact. Read More Source
February 6, 2018 Sybil Hardee, 78 Weapon: Firearm County: Pitt
Greenville police were called to the home at 105 S. Warren St. where the Hardees had lived for decades on Tuesday to investigate a shooting that killed both of them just before 1 p.m. “Sybil and Ray were down-to-earth and they’d do anything in the world to help you,” Stoneham said. Read More Source
February 23, 2018 Edna Strother, 76 Weapon: Firearm County: Cumberland
The couple had lived in the home for decades, and neighbors said they had heard them argue in the past. Officers were called to a home on Tiffany Court early Friday morning and found 72-year-old Edna Strother dead from a gunshot wound to her stomach. Read More Source
March 1, 2018 James McNair, 51 Weapon: Set house on fire County: Nash
The sheriff’s office said Drake and her boyfriend, James McNair, had been in an ongoing verbal dispute between the two. Law enforcement had been called to the boyfriend’s residence earlier and asked Drake to leave. Read More Source
March 7, 2018 Raymond Griffin, 74 Weapon: Firearm County: Pamlico
Deputies responded to a call at a home on N.C. Highway 306 in Grantsboro on Wednesday and found 74-year-old Raymond Griffin with a gunshot wound to his chest. A news release from the sheriff’s office said the Griffins both lived at the home. Read More Source
March24, 2018 Tina Marie Knighten, 61 Weapon: Firearm County: Buncombe
This morning at 2:43 am the Asheville Police Department responded to Walton Street after reports of a possible suicide attempt. Upon arrival officers located Alvin William Wilson who was attempting to harm himself. Wilson notified officers that he had harmed his girlfriend, Tina Marie Knighten, 62 years of age, of Asheville. Officers responded to 127 Bartlett Street and found Knighten deceased. Read More Source
April 2, 2018 Dana Annette Foster, 30 Weapon: Firearm County: Randolph
Thirty-year-old Dana Annette Foster of Level Cross died at the scene. Twenty-eight-year-old Dustin Ricky Wilkie of Level Cross was taken to a hospital for treatment of his injuries. Chabot said the two were in a relationship. He says it appears the shooting was a murder-suicide attempt. Deputies are still investigating. Read More Source
April 8, 2018 Aiyonna Clarice Barrett, 18 Weapon: Firearm County: Moore
The case is now being investigated as a double homicide. Police are now investigating the death of an 18-year-old pregnant woman in Southern Pines as a homicide. Read More Source
April 11, 2018 Kacey Case Haney, 39 Weapon: Firearm County: McDowell
Inside the home, investigators found the bodies of 39-year-old Kacey Case Haney, of 182 Lonon Lane, and 49-year-old Christopher Scott Childres, of 43 E. Oakwood Drive in Nebo. Outside the home, they located the body of Jeffrey Dale Haney, 48, whose address is also listed as 182 Lonon Lane. Read More Source
April 11, 2018 Christopher Scott Childres, 49 Weapon: Firearm County: McDowell
Inside the home, investigators found the bodies of 39-year-old Kacey Case Haney, of 182 Lonon Lane, and 49-year-old Christopher Scott Childres, of 43 E. Oakwood Drive in Nebo. Outside the home, they located the body of Jeffrey Dale Haney, 48, whose address is also listed as 182 Lonon Lane. Read More Source
April 1, 2018 Katonya Charles, 38 Weapon: Blunt force County: Robeson
Officials with the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office said Willie Davis is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, 38-year-old Katonya Charles. Read More Source
April 5, 2018 Paige Rickard, 47 Weapon: Knife County: Guilford
“Very free hearted, very strong willed, very strong minded, Paige had a very good heart, she was willing to do for everybody the best that she could. She was with her aunt all the time and she took care of her aunt a lot, kind of like a care taker,” said Stephanie Williamson, Rickard’s friend.fficials with the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office said Willie Davis is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, 38-year-old Katonya Charles. Read More Source
April 11, 2018 Bennett Pladl, 7 months old Weapon: Unknown County: Wake
A 7-month-old baby who was born from an incestuous father-daughter relationship was found dead in an upstairs bedroom of his father’s home in Knightdale, police say. Read More Source
April 11, 2018 Kelly James Taylor, 50 Weapon: Firearm County: Cabarrus
On April 11, 2018 at 9:54 our agency received a call that a male was located in the roadway in front of 4524 Tiffany Drive, Kannapolis. Officers arrived on the scene a short time later and found that the male was deceased and it appeared that he had been stabbed. The victim was identified as Kelly James Taylor. Read More Source
April 14, 2018 Adedayo Oke Odifa, 32 Weapon: Knife County: Wake
A 32-year-old man was found stabbed to death Saturday in the 4800 block of River Stream Way. Read More Source
The family appreciates the outpouring of support and prayers of the community. Erica was committed to her children and loved them dearly. Our family is devastated by the loss of them. Words cannot convey how we are feeling at this time. Read More Source
April 18, 2018 Harmony Smith, 13 Weapon: Firearm County: Buncombe
The family appreciates the outpouring of support and prayers of the community. Erica was committed to her children and loved them dearly. Our family is devastated by the loss of them. Words cannot convey how we are feeling at this time. Read More Source
April 18, 2018 Keithan Whitmire, 15 Weapon: Firearm County: Buncombe
Daughter of slain Vance County woman warns others of domestic violence. A Warren County man is facing a murder charge following a deadly weekend shooting. Michael Talley, 47, was arrested and charged in the death of 59-year-old Ruth Antoinette Mallette. Read More Source
Melitha Metaits Lee and Eddie Colon Jr., have been identified as the victims in a double-fatal Winston-Salem shooting overnight. Read More Source
May 7, 2018 Elizabeth Lauren Smith, 33 Weapon: Firearm County: Guilford
Officers found her outside the rear of the home with her two small children, ages 9 and 3. As two officers approached the residence, Alvin Smith emerged from the rear of the residence, shot her several times and fled back inside the residence, according to the news release. Read More Source
May 9, 2018 Wayne Curry, 54 Weapon: Firearm County: Onslow
The daughter of a Sneads Ferry man killed in his home overnight said she cannot understand why someone would want to kill her father, “but it’ll come out eventually.” Read More Source
May 10, 2018 Whitney Jo King Weapon: Firearm County: Mecklenburg
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police charged a man with murder after he reportedly drove himself to a Steele Creek police station and told detectives he fatally shot his girlfriend. Read More Source
May 11, 2018 Cynthia Roundtree, 43 Weapon: Firearm County: Robeson
The call was in reference to a domestic disturbance where two people had been shot, one of the victims, Cynthia Roundtree, 43, made the call. Read More Source
Shew said an investigation determined that Rafael Elmont Harper shot Lashayna Petrice Hunt once before he shot himself in his house at 490 Rock Quarry Road, which is off N.C. 268 East in the Knotville community. Read More Source
May 21, 2018 Shalamar Venable, 39 Weapon: Firearm County: Mecklenburg
A man was arrested Friday after he was wanted for the murder of a woman who was killed in May near uptown.
Santario Miller, 22, faces a murder charge in 39-year-old Shalamar Venable’s death. Read More Source
May 29, 2018 Jennifer Cantu, 28 Weapon: Firearm County: Harnett
Deputies responded to the 100 block of Watchmen Lane in Cameron about noon and found the body of 28-year-old Jennifer Cantu. It appears that she had been shot. Read More Source
June 3, 2018 Jameriane Ardrey, 40 Weapon: Unknown County: Mecklenburg
Officials say James Brewer killed 40-year-old Jameriane Ardrey during a fight at a motel in southwest Charlotte Saturday afternoon. Read More Source
June 7, 2018 Teresa Ann Praytor Stallings, 44 Weapon: Gasoline/fire County: Henderson
A woman who was doused in gasoline and lit on fire during a December domestic dispute in Edneyville has died from her injuries. Read More Source
June 28, 2018 Jimmy Williams, 66 Weapon: Firearm County: Robeson
Deputies went to 774 Water Tower Road in Orrum in response to a domestic situation, and Beverly Williams told them she and her husband had been arguing and she shot him, authorities said. Read More Source
July 4, 2018 Ashley Talarico, 30 Weapon: Firearm County: Raleigh
“She was petrified of him, and she didn’t ask for help,” Cimino said. “She was scared. She was scared to ask for help.” Read More Source
July 24, 2018 April Anglin, 43 Weapon: Firearm County: Rowan
Two suspicious deaths that law enforcement deemed last week as murder have now been labeled a murder, suicide.
The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office said Raymond Anglin, 43, apparently shot and killed his wife, April Anglin, 43, before turning the gun on himself. Read More Source
July 29, 2018 Roger D. Jones, 57 Weapon: Firearm County: Cumberland
A Fayetteville woman has been charged in a shooting death that happened Sunday at the Tropical Motel on the 4300 block of Bragg Boulevard. Read More Source
August 16, 2018 Kristen Ashley Bennett, 24 Weapon: Unkknown County: Carteret
Lewis Victor Branche III, 26, also known as Trey, of Hibbs Road in Newport, has been charged with an open count of murder and with concealing/failing to report the death of his girlfriend, Kristen Ashley Bennett, 24, according to a release from the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office. Read More Source
August 22, 2018 Marcquius Timmons-Moore, 43 Weapon: Unknown County: Cumberland
A Fayetteville man accused of murdering his wife and then traveling to Las Vegas to evade capture is back in Cumberland County after being extradited following his Sept. 2 arrest in Las Vegas, according to arrest records. Read More Source
Medic said one person was pronounced dead in the 1500 block of Newcastle Street in north Charlotte Wednesday morning. Read More Source
September 14, 2018 Jamys Leak, 37 Weapon: Knife County: Guilford
A High Point woman died Friday after allegedly being stabbed by the father of her children. Read More Source
September 14, 2018 Alicia Lewis Weapon: Firearm County: Carteret
Deputies with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office along with North Carolina Army National Guard soldiers responded Friday during hurricane conditions to a home at El Nora Lane in Otway to investigate the reported deaths, according to a CCSO news release. Read More Source
September 30, 2018 Mark Dexter Norfleet, 29 Weapon: Firearm County: Forsyth
A 29-year-old man was shot to death inside his own home on Sunday night, Winston-Salem police said.
Officers responding to a reported shooting found Mark Dexter Norfleet of 2911 Edwards St. suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, according to a news release from police. Read More Source
October 7, 2018 Ingrid Odom, 43 Weapon: Firearm County: Robeson
A birthday party for a St. Pauls man took a tragic turn when a woman was shot and later died from the injury, the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office said. Read More Source
October 14, 2018 William Preston Deane, 70 Weapon: Firearm County: Pasquotank
The Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an apparent-murder suicide Sunday in the northern part of the county. Read More Source
November 5, 2018 Stephanie Potts, 35 Weapon: Unknown County: Mecklenburg
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has identified a 35-year-old woman who they said was murdered in the Steele Creek neighborhood. Read More Source
November 8, 2018 Dena Luedka, 29 Weapon: Firearm County: Harnett
A Harnett County man has been charged with murder in connection with the killing of his girlfriend during a domestic dispute at their home, authorities said Friday. Read More Source