Jayden Harrison, 21, was found dead on July 4, 2023, in the parking lot of a Planet Fitness on Thomas Langston Road in Greenville, North Carolina. The death was initially reported as a cardiac arrest, but investigators later determined Harrison had been fatally shot, and the Greenville Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators faced limited information and no immediate leads for months. In March 2024 an 18-year-old male was arrested in connection with Harrison’s murder after DNA linked him to this case and to a December 2022 shooting in Winterville. Because he was 17 at the time of the offenses, his name was initially withheld; subsequent court action transferred the matter to Superior Court and identified him as Joshua Rosenberg. He was charged with first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflict serious injury, and attempted first-degree murder, and was held on a $2.5 million bond.

Harrison’s mother, Susan Harrison, said the arrest brought some relief but that true closure would depend on a conviction. Anyone with information about Jayden, the shooting, or his last known movements is asked to come forward.