Devonelle Leon Brimage, 36, was killed in an early-morning shooting in Plymouth, North Carolina, on April 2, 2026. Officers responded around 1:34 a.m. after multiple 911 calls about gunfire and found Brimage unresponsive inside a vehicle parked at a residence on Latham Avenue with apparent gunshot wounds. Emergency crews pronounced him dead at the scene.

A 38-year-old rear-seat passenger, Avione Linquad Webb, also suffered gunshot wounds and was taken to hospital; an 8-month-old child in the vehicle was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and later released. Family members said Brimage was holding the infant when the shooting began and that he used his body to shield the child. An obituary named him Devonelle Leon Brimage, born March 27, 1990, of Pollocksville, and noted multiple surviving children.

The Plymouth Police Department, assisted by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, is treating this as a homicide investigation. No arrest or suspect has been publicly announced and no motive released. Does anyone have information about the shooting or who might have been responsible?