Warren Basco Sneak Lewis III, 38, was shot and killed on June 9, 2011, in Kinston, North Carolina, while serving a warrant with the Eastern North Carolina Fugitive Task Force. Lewis, an investigator with the Nash County Sheriff’s Office and a sworn Deputy United States Marshal, was struck multiple times by gunfire through a closed door at a residence on West Lenoir Avenue during a search connected to a murder investigation.

Lamont Deshawn Byrd, 21, who was inside the residence, fired three shots and was later arrested. A Beretta .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol stolen three weeks earlier was recovered with Byrd’s DNA in a closet. After a 20-minute standoff, Byrd and several others were taken into custody; murder warrants linked Byrd and accomplices to the June 2 killing of Thomas Terrell Hinton, whose bicycle had been stolen.

Lewis had served nine years with the Nash County Sheriff’s Office and is survived by his wife, two daughters, and his parents. Does anyone have memories of Lewis or information about the case to share?