On October 18, 2023, at about 5:50 a.m., Reidsville police responded to a reported shooting on the 800 block of Barnes Street in Reidsville, North Carolina. Officers found 25-year-old Timothy Ray Kuchinski with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries on October 23, 2023.

Investigators later named 39-year-old James Dwight McDaniel Jr. as the primary suspect and issued warrants charging him with first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injuries, and two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. McDaniel was described as armed and dangerous and the case prompted a multi-state search.

Family members remember Kuchinski as a caring person and held a public viewing on November 1, 2023, and a funeral on November 2, 2023. The relationship between Kuchinski and McDaniel and any motive have not been disclosed. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Reidsville Police Department or Rockingham County Crime Stoppers.