Michael Lorenzo Joyner, 34, of Columbia, South Carolina, was shot to death on April 2, 2018, in Princeton, North Carolina. He was found face down in the roadway on S. Elm Street wearing body armor and suffering a gunshot wound to the head after an argument; witnesses reported hearing gunfire shortly after the altercation. Joyner had traveled to Princeton to check on his brother, who had been involved in an earlier dispute with three individuals, but the police did not confirm the purpose or intent of the visit.

Investigators arrested 26-year-old Marcus Anthony Currie of Four Oaks and charged him with first-degree murder; authorities apprehended him at his home on Buck Dunn Road with assistance from the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, the State Bureau of Investigation, Princeton Police, and NC Probation and Parole. Currie had been released from prison seven months earlier after serving about three years for possession of a firearm by a felon, speeding to elude arrest, habitual misdemeanor assault, and being a habitual felon. The motive for the shooting was not disclosed.

Joyner is survived by a fiancée, two daughters, and his mother; funeral services were held April 12, 2018, in Goldsboro. Does anyone have information about the events in Princeton that evening or about the earlier dispute involving Joyner’s brother?