Dominique Montrell Barnes, a 30-year-old African American man from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, was shot and killed on February 25, 2022. He was found unresponsive in the parking lot of the Executive Inn motel on North Wesleyan Boulevard and died after being transported to Nash UNC Health Care. The shooting was reported to have occurred around 11 p.m. that night and the Rocky Mount Police Department opened an investigation.

Authorities identified 35-year-old Chardon Whitehead as a suspect; Whitehead later surrendered to the Greenville Police Department and was charged with first-degree murder. In the wake of the killing, Barnes family members and legal advisers raised questions about the motel’s security, including whether measures such as guarded entry, monitored cameras, bright lighting, or visible security patrols were in place and might bear on liability.

Does anyone have information about the conditions at the Executive Inn that night or other details about the case?