Hisan Jamonte Polk, a 23-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on October 19, 2014, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert found Polk in the Houston Moore public housing complex with at least one gunshot wound; he was taken to New Hanover Regional Medical Center unconscious and pronounced dead. Investigators recovered eight .40-caliber shell casings at the scene. Polk was not a Wilmington Housing Authority tenant, and neighbors said they initially thought the gunfire sounded like fireworks.

The killing was the city’s ninth homicide in 2014. A memorial for Polk was held, but shots were fired at that gathering, increasing fear in the neighborhood. Wilmington Police and New Hanover County Sheriff’s deputies searched the scene and interviewed witnesses; no arrests were reported immediately after the shooting. Several months later, a 20-year-old male, Marokus Ballard, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with Polk’s death.

If anyone has information about Polk, the shooting at Houston Moore, or the subsequent events, please share what is known.