On January 29, 2023, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Ahoskie Police Department officers responded to a call for assistance behind the Dollar Tree store on Memorial Drive in Ahoskie, North Carolina. Upon arrival, they discovered 35-year-old Shelby Rakim Jones, a resident of Whaleyville, Virginia, deceased in his vehicle with a handgun in his hand.
The investigation, led by Ahoskie Police Chief Jimmy Asbell, concluded that Jones died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, and the
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