Update: 10: 15 a.m.
One of the men wounded in a double shooting Wednesday afternoon on King Street died later at a Greenville hospital, according to the Kinston Department of Public Safety.
Kinston police identified the dead man as Dajuquon "DJ" Poole, 19, who was pronounced dead at Vidant Medical Center. The second person in the shooting, Tiran C. Farris, 28, is listed in stable condition at Vidant, according to police.
Both men, from Kinston, were shot in the upper body during a fight in the 900 block of King Street about 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Investigators are still following up leads in the shootings. Anyone with information is asked to call the Kinston Police "Tip Line" at 252-939-4020 or Cmdr. Jennifer Canady at 252-939-3225.
Posted midnight Wednesday
A shooting late Wednesday afternoon left two men wounded and Kinston police piecing together details of the incident.
Two black males in their 20s suffered gunshot wounds to the chest as the result of a fight in front the residence at 918 E. King St., Maj. Greg Thompson of the Kinston Department of Public Safety said at the scene.
One was transported to Lenoir Memorial Hospital; the other, to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.
The incident occurred shortly after 4 p.m. Callers to the 911 dispatch service originally reported a fight, then called back to report gunshots being fired.
Information from police, including the names of the wounded men, was scarce. “We’re not going to release their names at this time,” Thompson said, indicating that families of the two men had not yet been notified.
The men did not live at the King Street address, he said.
Crime scene tape strung down the 900 block of King Street, in front of the house nearest where the shooting occurred, the two residences on either side of it and the buildings at each end of the block.
On the porch of 918 E. King St., nearly a dozen people — including at least two toddlers — sat while police searched the street and neighboring yards for evidence. Authorities on site earlier said they were looking for bullet casing.
Sgt. Mark Williams reviewed a surveillance video from a camera inside a store at King and Adkin streets.
Bystanders and neighbors called people on cell phones, unsure of what to tell them about the taped off block.
An unidentified man said one of the wounded men may be his nephew.
Another man went under the crime tape, claiming he lived at 918 E. King, but an officer escorted him back behind the barrier.
Jessika Morgan can be reached at 252-559-1078 or at jessika.morgan@kinston.com. Follow her on Twitter @JessikaMorgan