1 man killed, woman and 11-year-old injured in 2 Rocky Mount shootings
Rocky Mount police are investigating two Sunday morning shootings that left one dead and two injured, including an 11-year-old boy.
Around 1:30 a.m. police responded to a report of a youth shot on Meadowbrook Road. The 11-year-old was taken to ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville with injuries that were not life-threatening, according to a Rocky Mount Police Department news release.
An hour later, police found two people shot in a Shell Food Mart parking lot on West Raleigh Boulevard.
Nhazavias Coppedge, 25, died at the gas station.
A 22-year-old woman was also shot and taken to the hospital with injuries that weren’t life threatening, police said.
No other information is available at this time, a police official said Sunday morning.
Rocky Mount is east of Raleigh in Edgecombe and Nash counties.
Virginia Bridges covers criminal justice in the Triangle and across North Carolina for The News & Observer. Her work is produced with financial support from the nonprofit The Just Trust. The N&O maintains full editorial control of its journalism.
This story was originally published February 26, 2023 at 9:57 AM.
