On February 5, 2024, at about 3:33 p.m., Raleigh police responded to a reported shooting in the 1300 block of Poole Road and found 24-year-old Amari Alexander Goss with multiple gunshot wounds. Goss was taken to a hospital and later died of his injuries.

In the days after the shooting, investigators arrested two people in connection with the death. A 14-year-old juvenile was charged with murder, and 20-year-old J'marree Andrel Smith was subsequently arrested and also charged with murder. Federal court records show the firearm used in the shooting had been obtained through a straw purchase at a Raleigh gun show on January 20, 2024, meaning someone bought the gun for a person legally prohibited from possessing one.

The case has drawn attention to gun access and youth involvement in violent crime as legal proceedings continue. If anyone saw activity in the 1300 block of Poole Road on February 5 or has information about the straw purchase, please share what is known.