Journey Kennedy, 20, of Lumberton, North Carolina, was found late night on June 21, 2015, on Plainview Drive with a gunshot wound. Kennedy was taken to Southeastern Regional Medical Center but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The killing was recorded as the seventh homicide in Lumberton that year.

Police arrested 22-year-old James Jamar Smith at his Chambers Street home and charged him with first-degree murder in connection with Kennedy’s death. Smith also faces a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury for shooting Patrick Smith, who was found with multiple gunshot wounds on Freedom Drive about two hours after Kennedy was shot; Patrick Smith’s condition was originally life-threatening but later improved. Authorities say the two shootings are believed to be related, though a motive has not been determined.

Anyone with information about Journey Kennedy or these incidents is asked to come forward.