On the evening of October 19, 2024, deputies from the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office responded to multiple reports of a shooting on Shine Road near Faison, North Carolina. Officers found two people with gunshot wounds: 42-year-old Latonya Tiska Corbett and 65-year-old Russell Hines. Corbett died at the scene; Hines survived with non-life-threatening injuries and was treated.

Neighbors described the area as normally quiet and said the shooting — heard as multiple, rapid blasts — shocked the community. The Sheriff’s Office and the District Attorney’s Office are investigating. No arrests have been reported and no suspects have been publicly identified. A funeral service for Latonya Corbett is scheduled for November 9, 2024, with visitation on November 8 and burial at Devotional Gardens in Warsaw.

If anyone saw or heard anything on Shine Road that night, contact the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office at 910-296-2150 or the tip line at 910-372-9202.