Michael Joyner, 39, was shot and killed on October 22, 2020, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The shooting occurred about 12:45 a.m. on Cooley Road after a sequence of neighbor disputes. A confrontation began earlier when a neighbor identified as Lung reportedly kicked Joyner’s dog; that led to a physical altercation between Lung and Joyner. Lung and his girlfriend Linda later met Tim Wheeler at a restaurant. Wheeler, armed with an AK-47, went to the house next door to Joyner’s while Lung and Linda were there.

Joyner had been called over to help Tori, Linda’s daughter and the mother of Joyner’s four-month-old baby, unload her truck. An argument took place involving Joyner, Lung and Tori, and Linda is reported to have struck Joyner. Moments later Wheeler shot Joyner. Joyner was found with a gunshot wound, taken to a hospital and later died. Wheeler was taken into custody at the scene and the Rocky Mount Police Department investigated; police asked anyone with information to come forward and rewards were offered for information leading to an arrest.

Are there details neighbors or anyone who was at the scene that can clarify the sequence of events that night?