On the night of May 14, 2026, 17-year-old D’Jamieon Greene of Ayden was shot and later died at ECU Health Medical Center after being wounded around 2 a.m. The incident occurred near Grimesland, North Carolina, and investigators say gunfire erupted during an exchange between people in two separate vehicles; authorities tied the confrontation to a drug-related dispute. The precise location and full sequence of events were still under investigation as deputies searched for additional evidence, including at a residence on Blackjack Grimesland Road.

Pitt County law enforcement arrested a 15-year-old and charged that juvenile with first-degree murder; the suspect was held without bond at the Pitt County Juvenile Detention Center. The arrest brought a suspect before the courts but left the community reeling from the loss of a teenager. Does anyone who lived in Ayden or Grimesland that night have information about the vehicles or the exchange that led to this shooting?