Kiari Cunningham, a 17-year-old female from Greenville, North Carolina, died on July 25, 2025. Born and raised in Greenville, she was remembered by family and friends in an obituary notice that listed her full name as Kiari Darise Cunningham and set her Celebration of Life for August 9, 2025, at Philippi Church of Christ.
According to Greenville police, officers were called just before dawn to an apartment on the 1100 block of Grovemont Drive, where Kiari had been shot. She was taken to ECU Health Medical Center and did not survive. Investigators said early findings indicated the shooting was likely accidental. The other person involved was also 17 and in a dating relationship with Kiari; that teen cooperated with detectives. Police said they were working with the Pitt County District Attorney’s Office to determine whether charges were appropriate.
Public records that track fatal shootings confirm the date and location of Kiari’s death at 1115 Grovemont Drive in Greenville. Memorial pages created in the days afterward likewise mark July 25, 2025, as the date she was lost.
As for arrests, police updates tied to Kiari’s case did not announce any charges or bookings related to her death during the initial reporting period; investigators continued to evaluate the circumstances with prosecutors. On the same day, in a separate afternoon shooting that killed a 13-year-old boy elsewhere in Greenville, two other teenagers were charged with murder and attempted robbery—those arrests were unrelated to Kiari’s case.
