Rashaad Devaughn Pitts, 32, was fatally shot on January 20, 2023, while waiting in the drive-thru at the Popeyes on 500 North Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Officers who arrived at about 8:09 p.m. found Pitts deceased in the parking lot from gunshot wounds. Witnesses said a vehicle approached Pitts’s car in the drive-thru lane and an occupant fired multiple shots before fleeing.

Investigators pursued leads but did not identify suspects in the immediate aftermath, and the case remained unsolved as of December 2024. The shooting left the community seeking answers and authorities asking anyone with information to come forward. If anyone was at the restaurant that night or has information about the vehicle or occupants, please share what is known with investigators.