LaQualius T. Little, a 21-year-old African American man, was shot outside an apartment complex on Northpoint Avenue in High Point, North Carolina, on March 2, 2022. Police responded just after 8:30 p.m. to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon and found Little behind the apartments with life-threatening gunshot wounds. He was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem and died during surgery. His death was recorded as the fifth homicide in High Point for 2022.

On March 7, 2022, 19-year-old Lamontae Shkei Skyshun Bethea of High Point was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with Little’s death after investigators gathered evidence and interviewed witnesses. The shooting prompted community concern about security at the apartment complex and talk of possible legal claims against the property owners for negligence. Little’s family described him as a loving father and hard worker.

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