An early morning shooting Sunday resulted in one fatality and another in the hospital.
Around 3:33 a.m., Kinston Police responded to the area of 2210 Old Snow Hill Road to reports of shots fired. While officers arrived they were advised that two gunshot victims had shown up at UNC Lenoir, according to a news release.
Officers arrived at UNC Lenoir and found emergency personnel actively working on both individuals.
The first victim, identified as Jerome Gadson, age 36 of Kinston, NC died as a result of his injuries. The second victim, a 36-year-old male was later transported to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville for his injuries, according to the release.
A Craven County Sheriff s deputy was involved in a high-speed chase overnight that covered three counties and resulted in one arrest of a Lenoir county man.
According to the sheriff’s office, a deputy observed Walter Frank Ingram Jr., driving a car with an expired license plate and no insurance on Glenburnie Road at about 11 p.m.
When the deputy attempted to initiate a traffic stop the vehicle instead exited onto US Highway 70 west while throwing objects from his vehicle. Deputies recovered approximately 80 individual packets containing crack and powder cocaine.
The vehicle continued west on 70 at speeds in excess of 100 mph, pursued by Craven deputies. Ingram led officers through craven and Jones County, then into Lenoir where troopers with the North Carolina Highway Patrol deployed stop sticks, partially disabling the vehicle.
Lenoir County murder suspect turns self in after search
Kinston/Jones Free Press (kfp)
A man turned himself in to officials Monday night after being accused of murder just one day prior.
According to the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, detectives served a warrant on Rashawn Shareef Pridgen, who was allegedly involved in the shooting death of 27-year-old Jalen Jamal Johnson of Grifton that occurred Sunday afternoon in La Grange.
Pridgen turned himself in to authorities Monday, Feb. 1, at approximately 7 p.m. He was confined in the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center and was given no bond pending his first appearance in court.
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