Terrence Plymouth, 22, was fatally shot on July 12, 2021, in the 700 block of Harding Avenue in Kinston, North Carolina. Emergency responders attempted life-saving measures, but he died at the scene. He was born September 7, 1998, in Lenoir County and was the son of Angela Norris Moore and Alfred Plymouth III.

The Kinston Police Department worked with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Violent Criminal Apprehension Team and the Fayetteville Police Department in the investigation. On July 14, 2021, Karl Shackleford Jr., 28, of Kinston, was arrested in Fayetteville without incident and charged with Plymouth’s murder; he was transported back to Kinston and held in the Lenoir County Detention Center without bond.

The case drew attention to gun violence in the community. If anyone has information about Terrence, his movements the night of July 12, or witnesses to the shooting, please come forward to investigators.