Maurice Devell Kornegay, 48, was shot and killed on the night of November 5, 2019, on the 400 block of Seven Mile Church Road in Newton Grove, North Carolina. Officers were called after a report of a gunshot and found Kornegay deceased from a gunshot wound just after 11 p.m.

Investigators say Kornegay had been in a verbal altercation with 28-year-old Shelton Morrison that escalated; Morrison was arrested and charged with murder and held without bond. The shooting shocked the local community and prompted mourning among residents as authorities continued to piece together the events that led to the fatal shooting.

If anyone knew Maurice Kornegay, his movements that night, or saw anything on Seven Mile Church Road around 11 p.m. on November 5, 2019, please come forward with information.