Brantley Daniel Best, 21, of Mount Olive, North Carolina, died after being shot on November 20, 2018. Deputies from the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office responded that afternoon to a 911 call reporting an accidental shooting at 348 Slapout Road. Brantley was found with a single gunshot wound, taken to Wayne Memorial Hospital, and later pronounced dead. A friend who was at the scene made the 911 call, was brought to the sheriff’s office for questioning, and was released to his parents.

Funeral services were held at Clinton Family Worship Center with burial at Wayne Memorial Park in Goldsboro.

If anyone knew Brantley or was in the Mount Olive area on November 20, 2018, please share what you know with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office.