Allen Mitchell, age 59, male, was found shot inside a home along Highway 102 in Chocowinity, North Carolina, after a 911 call summoned Beaufort County deputies on Saturday, September 6, 2025. Deputies discovered Allen Mitchell wounded and another man still at the scene. He was airlifted to ECU Health Medical Center, where he later died.
Investigators described the violence as domestic in nature. News releases and local reporting identified the encounter as happening inside the residence, with first responders moving quickly from the rural two-lane road to the trauma center as the night wore on. Community bulletins emphasized that the episode was isolated, offering reassurance that no wider threat stalked the neighborhoods outside Chocowinity that weekend.
Within hours, deputies arrested 26-year-old Cody Allen Mitchell of Chocowinity. He was booked into the Beaufort County Detention Center and charged with murder, held without bond, as authorities documented the scene and notified family. Reports later clarified the familial tie: Cody Allen Mitchell was accused of killing his father, Allen Mitchell, age 59, male.
Public records of gun-violence victims subsequently listed Allen Mitchell, age 59, as lost to gun violence in Chocowinity on September 6, 2025, aligning with the initial weekend call and the sheriff's timeline. No additional suspects were named, and no broader manhunt followed, underscoring investigators' conclusion that this was a singular domestic tragedy contained to one home on Highway 102.
