Dishon Blount, 26, was shot just before midnight on Saturday, September 6, 2025, on the 500 block of East Bright Street in Kinston, North Carolina. Officers who responded to reports of gunfire found him with multiple gunshot wounds; despite life-saving efforts, he died at the scene. Community leaders urged residents to share information as detectives began piecing together the case.

Within days investigators identified a suspect. Warrants and reporting detailed accusations that 20-year-old Jataves Ellison ambushed Blount from behind with a .40-caliber handgun and blocked his escape with gunfire; Ellison was arrested on September 18 and charged with first-degree murder, malicious assault in secret, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and discharging a firearm in the city. Detectives also pursued a second person and announced warrants on September 22 for 25-year-old Drejon Hall on counts of felony aid and abet and felony conspiracy. Obituaries and remembrance pages recorded Blount’s passing on September 6, 2025, and located services in Kinston.

Does anyone who knew Dishon or was in Kinston that night have information that could help investigators?