Porfirio Sasha Rodriquez, 45, was shot and killed in the early morning of May 13, 2022, in Zebulon, North Carolina. Officers responding to a shooting on the 200 block of West Barbee Street found Rodriquez with multiple gunshot wounds in an apartment behind his mother’s home; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators described the incident as a robbery and shooting in which items were taken from the residence, and they called the attack targeted. The Zebulon Police Department arrested two people in connection with the case: Ali Tariq Khabir Wiggins, described as an associate of Rodriquez, was charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery with a dangerous weapon; Julius Antwan Smith was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon. Authorities said additional charges were expected as the investigation continued.

Rodriquez’s family and friends remembered him as kind and well-liked. Does anyone who knew Porfirio Sasha Rodriquez or who has information about the events on West Barbee Street around May 13, 2022, have tips to share?