Dequesia J. Parker, a 25-year-old man from Murfreesboro, North Carolina, was shot after a Halloween gathering at a trailer park on Buena Vista Road in early November 2025. Deputies say the party was large, with music and alcohol, and that a verbal argument between two people escalated into a physical fight before someone produced a gun.
Parker was struck and taken to an ECU Health hospital in Ahoskie, where he died; his obituary lists November 1, 2025, as the day he transitioned while gun-violence records list him among those lost on November 2, 2025. Responding deputies reported a vehicle leaving the scene; a pursuit ended in Conway where two people fled on foot and one person was later arrested on a charge of Resist, Delay, and Obstruct, not for homicide. The Hertford County Sheriff’s Office says it has identified a potential suspect, but no homicide arrest has been announced and witness cooperation at the scene was limited.
Does anyone who attended that party or who knew Dequesia have information that could help investigators or his family?