Rodney ONeal Smith, a 24-year-old African American man, was fatally shot in Wadesboro, North Carolina, on September 24, 2016. The shooting occurred during a domestic dispute with his girlfriend, 32-year-old Andrea Nicole Hammond. Rodney Smith was remembered by those who knew him as humble and sweet and was mourned by family and community.

Andrea Nicole Hammond was arrested and charged in connection with Smith’s death; she was later convicted and given a prison term of 44 to 65 months. Funeral services for Rodney ONeal Smith were held October 1, 2016, at Smith’s Memorial Chapel in Wadesboro, and he was buried at Galilee AME Zion Church Cemetery in Morven, North Carolina. The case is one of several domestic violence-related fatalities in Anson County, underscoring ongoing concerns about intimate partner violence there.

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