Amie Danielle Heath, 33, was shot in the head after a dispute that began with a minor traffic collision in Kinston, North Carolina. On March 3, 2024, Heath and her boyfriend had agreed with the other driver to settle the matter privately, but a disagreement during the exchange prompted Heath and her boyfriend to leave. As they pulled into their driveway on NC Highway 55 West, the suspects allegedly followed and fired a shot that struck Heath. She was taken to ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville and died of her injuries on March 4, 2024.

Kinston police located and arrested 24-year-old Shy’mecca Epps and a 17-year-old male after a patrol officer spotted their vehicle near Skinners Bypass on U.S. 70 and conducted a traffic stop at the Hampton Inn in Kinston. Two small children were in the vehicle at the time. Initial charges of discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle and causing serious bodily injury were elevated to an open count of murder after Heath’s death; Epps was also charged with two counts of felony child abuse with intent to cause serious injury because the children were present during the shooting.

Anyone who knew Amie Heath or who has information about the incident is asked to come forward.