Steve Alphonso Martin, a 38-year-old African American man, was shot on the evening of February 25, 2021, along the 2100 block of Milburnie Road in east Raleigh. Police responded just before 6:50 p.m. after multiple 911 calls from witnesses who reported hearing six gunshots. Officers found Martin with a gunshot wound; he was taken to WakeMed and died the following day.

Raleigh Police classified the incident as a homicide and released two 911 calls that described the moments around the shooting. Witnesses said they saw a car speed away from a nearby duplex after the shots. Investigators asked the public for information about the case.

By March 5, 2021, two 18-year-old suspects, Damauri Javante Barnes and Justin Mekhi Perry, were arrested and charged with murder and held without bond. In January 2023 authorities arrested 22-year-old Dontavion Hy-keem Miller on a murder charge; police say Miller was involved along with Barnes and Perry. Does anyone have information about what happened that night or saw the vehicle that fled the scene?