On April 20, 2024, officers responded to a welfare check in the 400 block of Fussell Street in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and found two people inside a residence with gunshot wounds. Both 53-year-old Jamelle Monque Best and 44-year-old Elainna Michelle Ebersole were pronounced dead at the scene; the incident has been classified as a double homicide.

Jamelle Best was a lifelong Goldsboro resident, a 1989 Goldsboro High School graduate who worked as a brick mason at James Fox Construction Company. Obituaries describe him as generous and positive; he is survived by his mother, two children, a granddaughter, and other family. Funeral services for Best were held May 1, 2024, with interment in Dudley, North Carolina.

No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Goldsboro Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division or Crime Stoppers. If readers knew Jamelle or have information that could help the investigation, please share what you know.