Micro Croom, a 59-year-old resident of Kinston, North Carolina, was found with gunshot wounds at the intersection of Pollock Street and West Washington Avenue on September 20, 2021, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Another man, 25-year-old Rashad O’Neil, was also shot and survived; he was taken to Vidant Medical Center.

The Kinston Police Department identified 27-year-old Donte Reynolds as a suspect and, with assistance from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, arrested Reynolds on September 24, 2021. He was charged with the murder of Micro Croom and the shooting of Rashad O’Neil and was held in the Lenoir County Jail without bond. Investigators have said Reynolds was involved in the shooting, but the exact circumstances and motive remain unclear.

Anyone who has information about the shooting at Pollock Street and West Washington Avenue is asked to contact the Kinston Police Department.