Malik Nikee Thomas was an 18-year-old African American male who died after an assault in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on July 20, 2017. Police were called to the 1100 block of N. Fairview Road and found him injured; he was taken to UNC Nash Healthcare and later died from his wounds. Investigators located the assault site on Rosewood Avenue near its intersection with North Ferndale Avenue and say the incident was not random. Thomas had been driven several blocks to where he was found.

A 20-year-old man, Tracy Lerenzo Askew Jr., was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and held in the Edgecombe County Jail. Authorities asked the public to provide any additional information that could help the investigation.

Did anyone in the Rocky Mount area see or know about activity on Rosewood Avenue or N. Fairview Road around July 20, 2017?