Daquan Almanta Simms, a 26-year-old African American man from Goldsboro, North Carolina, was shot in the evening of October 26, 2024. Officers responded about 9:22 p.m. to the 800 block of Newsome Street after a ShotSpotter alert and multiple 911 calls; Simms was found with multiple gunshot wounds and taken first to UNC Health Wayne, then airlifted to ECU Health in Greenville. He died the following day.

Investigators identified a suspect and secured a warrant for 38-year-old Brian Levert Blount on charges of murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. Blount was arrested without incident on the morning of October 29, 2024, in the 100 block of Wood Peck Road in Goldsboro, brought before a magistrate who denied bond, and placed in the Wayne County Detention Center.

Funeral directors announced Simms death and expressed sympathy for his family; no formal arrangements had been set. If anyone has information about what happened on Newsome Street that night, please share it with investigators.