On June 7, 2024, at about 1:34 p.m., 18-year-old Javon Adair Langston was shot near the entrance of the Food Lion at 1805 E. Ash Street in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Goldsboro Police officers found Langston with a gunshot wound; emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene after officers and medics administered life-saving measures. Preliminary investigation reports say Langston and a male suspect had a verbal altercation before the shooting, and the suspect fled prior to police arrival.

Police later arrested a 17-year-old male in Goldsboro on June 27, 2024; his name was withheld because of his age and a juvenile petition charged him with one count of murder. Javon Langston, born February 23, 2006, had recently earned a high school diploma from Wayne Community College in 2024 and is remembered by family and friends for a sweet spirit and joyful personality.

Does anyone who was near the Food Lion on June 7 have information that could help clarify what happened?