Two dead, two injured in separate Sunday shootings in Kinston

Two people are dead and two others are injured after separate shootings in Kinston on Sunday.

Officers with the Kinston Police Department responded to a home on the 300 block of Sunshine Street at approximately 4:20 a.m. to a report that a person had been shot. Officers arrived and found Kianna Newborn, 25, of Kinston dead as a result of multiple gunshots, according to the department.

Later on Sunday, officers responded to UNC Lenoir Hospital after a report of two people arriving at the emergency room with gunshot wounds. Officers say early investigations determined that all three were shot during the same incident. The identities of the two injured men have not been released.

Interim Police Chief Jenee Spencer said no further information will be released at this time.

Around 6:30 p.m. the same day, officers responded to a report that a man had been shot on the 200 block of S. Adkin St. Police found Michael Davis Jr., 42, of Kinston with several gunshot wounds. Davis was transported to ECU Health Medical Center where he later died from his injuries.

The investigation is in its early stages and police are trying to determine a motive and if this is related to the earlier shooting.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Kinston Police Department’s Tips Line at (252) 939-4020 or Lenoir County Crime Stoppers at (252) 523-4444. Calls are anonymous and confidential and if an arrest is made a cash reward may be given.

This article originally appeared on Kinston/Jones Free Press: Two separate Kinston shootings result in two dead, search for gunman