Keon Tyvelle Harrell, 29, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of September 5, 2016, in the parking lot of the McDonald’s on Memorial Drive in Ahoskie, North Carolina. Emergency dispatchers received a call about multiple gunshots at approximately 2:49 a.m.; officers found Harrell unresponsive with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other people were wounded and initially treated at Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital before transfer to another facility.

The Ahoskie Police Department and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation processed the scene and followed leads. Family members described the aftermath: Keon’s cousin LaDonya Gatling saw him collapse and relatives attempted CPR, and his father Bobby Harrell called the killing senseless. The local McDonald’s franchise, Tandem Inc., said it was cooperating with investigators and stressed safety concerns. Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact the Ahoskie Police Department.