Very Shocking’: Five People Shot in Rocky Mount Neighborhood, One Dead

Very Shocking’: Five People Shot in Rocky Mount Neighborhood, One Dead

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — A quiet Sunday morning turned deadly after a shooting left one person dead and four others injured in a Rocky Mount neighborhood.

Police said the gunfire erupted around 6 a.m. in the 2100 block of Benvenue Road, drawing a heavy response with more than 10 squad cars swarming the scene in front of a single-story home.

Officers confirmed five people were shot. Four were transported to a hospital for treatment, while the fifth victim died from their injuries. The conditions of the surviving victims have not been released.

Neighbor Debra Simmons said she woke up to flashing lights filling her bedroom window. “There were folks all in the yard, and I went outside to see, and there was I think every policeman in the town of Rocky Mount out there,” she told WRAL.

Simmons, who described the neighborhood as “very safe,” was stunned by the violence. “It’s a very safe apartment complex. [I’ve] never had any trouble here whatsoever with anything. Very shocking,” she said.

Another resident said he heard shouting and a fight before the gunfire, and worried stray bullets could have struck his window.

By midday, yellow crime scene tape still cordoned off the yard while investigators worked. Police urged residents to avoid the area and asked anyone with information to call Rocky Mount Police at 252-972-1411.

The investigation is ongoing.