On March 27, 2023, at about 1:37 a.m., deputies responded to reported gunfire at 442 Hunters Green Drive in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Two males with gunshot wounds were found and taken to the Naval Hospital Trauma Center at Camp Lejeune. Twenty-year-old Ky’Waun Cordarius Ullysses Warner, a part-time resident of that address with ties to Clinton, North Carolina, died of his injuries. A 16-year-old full-time resident of the same home was seriously injured and expected to recover; his identity has been withheld because of his age.

The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office is investigating and has not announced arrests or identified suspects. Authorities have asked the public for information or surveillance footage from the area. Warner’s family held a Homegoing Celebration on March 31, 2023, at Lee’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Maple Hill, with interment at Holmes Family Cemetery.

Anyone who knew Ky’Waun or who has information about the shooting is asked to contact the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office or Crime Stoppers.