KiAsia Danae Hamilton, 21, of New Bern, was killed on October 8, 2025, after being struck by a single gunshot during a late-night exchange of gunfire near Neuse Boulevard and Glenburnie Road. Officers responding just before midnight found that two men had argued and begun shooting at one another in the area near a Burger King; Hamilton was taken to CarolinaEast Medical Center and later pronounced dead. Her family confirmed her death and funeral arrangements in an obituary.

Detectives located both men linked to the shootout—one at CarolinaEast and one at a home in the Derby Park area—and recovered evidence at the scene. Police identified Okoy’e Koonce, 20, and DeAnthony C. Scott, 25; each was charged with one count of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and held at the Craven County Jail on $500,000 bond as the investigation continued. Authorities were asking witnesses to come forward.

Did anyone in the New Bern area see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?