Demario Dontrez Washington, 28, was killed by a gunshot on November 4, 2020, on the 1000 block of E. Bright Street in Kinston, North Carolina. First responders found Washington suffering from the wound and he died at the scene.

Kinston Police investigators sought information about 26-year-old Trevor Demitri Akeily Peters on November 5, 2020, describing him as armed and dangerous and connected to the shooting. Peters was arrested without incident the next day, November 6, 2020, near Stadium and George Avenue and held at the Lenoir County Detention Center on a charge of First Degree Murder in connection with Washington’s death.

Few public details about the motive or events leading up to the shooting have been released. Does anyone have information about Washington’s last known movements or who might have witnessed the incident?