Shanika Penn, 37, a Black woman from Reidsville, North Carolina, was shot and killed late on the night of June 12, 2025, on the 500 block of Roach Street. Officers and Rockingham County EMS found Penn and 42-year-old Samuel L. Brooks just before midnight; both were pronounced dead at the scene after lifesaving efforts.

Investigators canvassed the neighborhood in the hours after the shooting, seeking doorbell and surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts from about 11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Detectives publicly identified 45-year-old Dexter Lamar Scales as a suspect wanted on two counts of first-degree murder, and authorities announced a reward for information that was initially up to $7,000 and later reported as increased to as much as $10,000. Arrests on the periphery followed: 39-year-old Leslie Moyer was arrested June 28, 2025, as an accessory after the fact, and Deaja Lamyia Scales was charged July 22, 2025, with accessory after the fact and held in the Rockingham County Detention Center on secured bond while officers continued seeking Dexter Lamar Scales.

The facts fix Shanika Penn’s death on June 12, 2025, in Reidsville; the investigation remains active. If anyone on Roach Street that night or nearby businesses had doorbell or surveillance footage or witnessed movements around 11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., please share what was seen.