Dominique Jacquez Rhodes, 25, was shot and killed in Jacksonville, North Carolina, on October 24, 2021. He was at the Sturgeon City Event Center when shots were reported about 1:12 AM; another person, 18-year-old Alexis Ramsay, was also shot and taken to Vidant Medical Center with serious injuries. Dominique was born September 24, 1996, in Sumter, South Carolina, to Katina Rhodes and Willie Lee Rhodes and is remembered by family for his love of music and his daughter, Kalen Ka’ari Rhodes.

Two days after the shooting, on October 26, 2021, Jacksonville police arrested 22-year-old Montavous Rashan Bowen and charged him with an open count of murder and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. Investigators described the shooting as a targeted attack and identified Bowen as the primary suspect. The community continues to mourn Dominique’s death.

If anyone was at the event or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.