A late-afternoon shooting on February 2, 2026, in the 400 block of East New Hope Road in Goldsboro, North Carolina, left 28-year-old Demartquise Tiquez Swinson of La Grange with life-threatening injuries. First responders took him to UNC Health Wayne and he was later airlifted to ECU Health in Greenville for higher-level care. Swinson died the next day, February 3, 2026, and the Goldsboro Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

The department’s Criminal Investigations Division and Crime Scene Unit are handling the case and investigators publicly asked for anyone with information to come forward. Few other details about the shooting have been released.

If anyone witnessed the incident on East New Hope Road or has information about who was involved, please contact the Goldsboro Police Department.