On June 2, 2023, at about 12:06 a.m., 19-year-old Tahagi Brown was shot during an altercation at the Cook Out on North Wesleyan Boulevard in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and taken to ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville listed in critical condition. Investigators identified the assailant as a 16-year-old female employee of the restaurant; she was taken into custody at a Hammond Street residence shortly after the shooting and charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill.

Police say there was no prior relationship between Brown and the juvenile suspect and that the suspect is a validated gang member. The Rocky Mount Police Department continues to investigate and has asked anyone with information to contact the department or Crime Stoppers for possible cash rewards.

If anyone witnessed the incident at the Cook Out or has information about what led up to the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.