On May 25, 2024, at about 6:15 p.m., officers from the Goldsboro Police Department responded to a 911 report of a shooting at 303 East Elm Street in Goldsboro, North Carolina. They found 56-year-old Tyrone Lee Hicklin with a single gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was taken to UNC Health Wayne and later transferred to ECU Health in Greenville, where he died at approximately 12:30 a.m. on May 26, 2024.

Police opened a homicide investigation. Hicklin was born August 23, 1967, in Wayne County and is survived by his wife, Karen Steele; a son, TieRea Atkins of Louisiana; and a daughter, TyRhonda Atkins of Wilmington. Funeral services were held June 7, 2024, at James T. Haskins Memorial Chapel with interment at Golden Gate Cemetery in Pikeville.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 919-735-2255 or submit a tip online; callers may remain anonymous and could be eligible for a cash reward for information leading to an arrest. Does anyone in the Goldsboro area have information that could help the investigation?