Auburn Odell Clement, a 27-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on September 18, 2022, in Salisbury, North Carolina. Emergency dispatch received a call at 12:51 a.m. reporting Clement found near the front entrance of the J.C. Price American Legion Hall on Old Wilkesboro Road; evidence showed multiple shots were fired in the parking lot, and Clement collapsed and died of his wounds. The American Legion Post was closed and the shooting was not connected to any event there; the individuals involved were not authorized to be in the parking lot.

Salisbury Police launched an investigation. On September 22, 2022, 31-year-old Kendrick Jamal Vinson was arrested and charged with first-degree murder; the arrest involved the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the Kannapolis Police Department, and Vinson was held in the Rowan County Detention Center with no bond. The investigation remained ongoing, and authorities asked anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone knew Auburn or saw activity in the area that night, can you share what you know with investigators?