Rodrick Lamont Battle was 24 when he was fatally shot on April 30, 2022, at Martin Luther King Park in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The shooting happened in broad daylight and also wounded a 19-year-old man who was airlifted to Vidant Medical Center. Officers found the park cordoned with crime scene tape and a white sedan with a shattered rear window inside the scene.

Two 18-year-old men were arrested in early May and charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. Ronnie Slade was arrested at his home on May 2, 2022, and was held without bond at the Edgecombe County Detention Facility. The next day Jermaine Debrew was also arrested and held without bond while the investigation continued.

Battle is remembered by his family as a hardworking rap artist and a devoted father to two young children. What can anyone who was at Martin Luther King Park that afternoon add to the timeline or events leading up to the shooting?