On the morning of September 6, 2024, officers with the Goldsboro Police Department responded to a reported shooting at 905 S. Slocumb Street and found 22-year-old Joshua Shabazz Faison suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Despite care from Wayne County Emergency Medical Services, Faison was pronounced dead at the scene. The department’s Investigative Services Bureau opened a homicide investigation.

Within hours investigators identified a suspect. At about 10:28 a.m. the Emergency Response Team arrested 23-year-old Darrian D. Louis in the 900 block of Hugh Street; Louis was charged with first-degree murder and held without bond at the Wayne County Detention Center. Authorities have not released a motive or described the relationship, and the department asked anyone with additional information to come forward.

Joshua, known as Josh, was born April 21, 2002, attended Rosewood High School, enjoyed basketball and music, and leaves behind a young son, Joshua Cartier Faison-Toler. Does anyone with knowledge of this case or the victim’s connections have information that could help the investigation?