On November 2, 2023, 28-year-old DeVaughn Deandre Bryant was fatally shot on Fleet Street at the Trent Court Housing Complex in New Bern, North Carolina. Officers responded to a shots-fired call near the P Building at about 3:48 p.m. and found Bryant on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound. He was taken to CarolinaEast Medical Center, where he later died.

Witnesses reported multiple gunshots and residents scattering in fear; one motorist who drove through the community heard the shots and tried to help Bryant with a medical kit. The New Bern Police Department opened a homicide investigation and said early assessments indicated no immediate threat to the public. Investigators released surveillance images of a person of interest wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and dark pants. As of March 2024, no arrests had been made and Craven County Crime Stoppers offered a $1,000 reward for information.

Bryant was a 2014 graduate of New Bern High School, worked in logistics, loved motorcycles, and was the father of a six-year-old daughter and a five-year-old son. Can anyone who was in the Trent Court community that afternoon or who recognizes the person in the surveillance images share information with the New Bern Police Department?