On June 26, 2016, 19-year-old Michael Jerome Wimbush Jr. was fatally shot in the 900 block of Carver Drive in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Goldsboro police arrived about 2:15 p.m. after reports of gunfire and found Wimbush lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds; emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Investigators identified 18-year-old Jacques Torraine Atkinson as the primary suspect and issued an arrest warrant, describing him as armed and dangerous. About 18 hours after the shooting, Atkinson surrendered at the Wayne County Magistrate’s Office and was charged with murder and held without bond. Authorities said the shooting grew out of a personal dispute after Atkinson accused Wimbush of making derogatory comments about his cousin on Facebook.

A Wayne County grand jury later indicted Atkinson on a first-degree murder charge. If anyone knew Michael, witnessed the shooting, or has information about the dispute, please come forward.