Levaska Smith III, 31, was shot and killed outside a home in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on Thanksgiving night, November 25, 2021. Officers found him lying in the yard in the 2500 block of Sexton Road at about 11:45 p.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene. A Ring camera captured a man walking to a car, a woman shouting, and then gunshots, and the footage shows two people running across the cul-de-sac before police arrived.

Two men, 35-year-old Kenneth Parker of Rocky Mount and 33-year-old Raylon Parker of Enfield, were arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Smith’s death. Both knew Smith prior to the shooting but were not related to each other. They were booked into the Nash County Detention Facility without bond and the investigation remains ongoing. Neighbors said the killing on a holiday night left the community shocked and worried about safety.

Anyone with information or video related to the shooting is asked to contact the Rocky Mount Police Department or Twin County Crime Stoppers.