The second shooting in less than 12 hours happened near the scene of a Friday homicide.
Around 1:25 a.m. Saturday, an attempted armed robbery escalated and one of two suspects shot a man in the neck. The incident happened near the corner of East Washington Avenue and North East Street, where unknown assailants shot Jahad Moore, 18, in the head, and Jacolby Riddick, 24, in the leg. Moore died at the scene.
“Two guys approached him. He didn't know either one of them,” Kinston Department of Public Safety Director Bill Johnson said of the victim, Seth Garner, 19. “One of them had a small caliber handgun and demanded money. He had none. They got into an altercation and he wound up being shot in the neck.”
Johnson said the injuries weren't life-threatening, but Garner was flown to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville for further treatment.
KDPS detectives are investigating the shooting.
Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 or wes.wolfe@kinston.com. Follow him on Twitter @WolfeReports.