On the morning of April 27, 2024, at about 9:10 a.m., officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert at Kim’s Beauty Supply, 718 East Ash Street in Goldsboro. They found 26-year-old Kristopher Marquise Faison in the parking lot suffering from a gunshot wound; he was taken to UNC Health Wayne and pronounced dead.

Goldsboro Police Investigative Services and Crime Scene Unit identified 20-year-old Goldsboro resident Hakeem Khalib Coley as a suspect. Coley was arrested the same evening in the 800 block of Olivia Lane by the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office ACE Team and charged with first-degree murder and possession of a stolen firearm. Investigators later named a second person present, 55-year-old Julian Earl Edwards of Goldsboro, who was not injured; an attempted first-degree murder charge related to Edwards was added while Coley remained in custody.

The case is under active investigation. If anyone has information about the shooting or saw activity around Kim’s Beauty Supply on April 27, please contact local authorities.