On December 10, 2024, at about 2:44 p.m., Wilson Police responded to reports of gunfire in the 1000 block of Tarboro Street in Wilson, North Carolina. Officers found 24-year-old Joshua Angelo Chandler under a carport with a gunshot wound; Wilson County EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.

Within days investigators identified two people connected to the death. Arrest warrants issued December 11 named 24-year-old Delexas Tykeem Williams on a murder charge and 27-year-old Kayla Nicole Armstrong as an accessory after the fact. Armstrong surrendered December 16 and was held without bond; Williams was located in Philadelphia and taken into custody December 18 awaiting extradition to Wilson.

Funeral services were held December 15 at Carrons Funeral Home, with a public viewing December 14 and interment at Rest Haven Cemetery. The Wilson Police Department continues its investigation and asks anyone with information to contact 252-399-2323 or Crime Stoppers at 252-243-2255.

If anyone knew Joshua or has information about what happened on Tarboro Street, please come forward.