Dexter O’Neal Miles, 52, of Garysburg, North Carolina, was killed in a shooting at a home on Chestnut Street in Weldon on April 6, 2021. He was one of two people fatally shot early that morning; the other victim was 41-year-old Levita Romane Webb. A third person at the scene was wounded and survived.

Investigators reported the shooter fired at the front door of the house. Authorities said the motive was unclear and mentioned robbery as a possibility, but that had not been confirmed. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation assisted local police as they worked the case.

In January 2022, two Weldon men — 29-year-old Omar Daquan Ponton and 33-year-old Jason Keith Alston — were arrested on charges including first-degree murder, attempted murder, and robbery with a dangerous weapon; both were held without bond pending court proceedings. What details about the incident or motive might still help explain why Miles and Webb were targeted?