Corey D. Knuck Mitchell, 32, was killed in Powellsville, North Carolina on April 29, 2023. Deputies found Mitchell at a residence on Freeman Street with a gunshot wound at about 6 a.m.; he died at the scene despite immediate medical assistance.

29-year-old Ayanna Shami Wilson was at the location and admitted to shooting Mitchell. She told investigators an altercation during a card game turned physical as she tried to leave, and she fired after Mitchell allegedly approached her aggressively and assaulted her. Wilson was arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter and held at the Bertie/Martin Regional Jail.

Mitchell, born March 18, 1991, worked at Perdue in the GilPack Department and is survived by his parents, Johnny Mitchell III and Dottie Watford, and his son Ji'Kevyon Mitchell. The shooting was the fifth homicide in Bertie County in 2023.

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