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Name Withheld

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 08/07/2026

Location : 10000 block of NC Highway 43 North

City : Pinetops

County : Edgecombe

State : North Carolina

Agency : Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Unknown

Event : Found dead during police barricade after deputy fired at him

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/07/2026, Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a residence in the 10000 block of NC Highway 43 North, between Rocky Mount and Pinetops, to investigate a reported larceny. According to the Sheriff's Office, deputies encountered an armed man after arriving at the residence. Authorities allege that the man aimed a rifle at a deputy, and the deputy fired at him.

The man then retreated into the residence while still carrying the rifle. Deputies took cover outside the house and called additional law enforcement personnel to the scene. Members of the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office Special Response Team subsequently entered the residence and found the man dead inside.

The initial information released by authorities does not say whether the deputy's gunfire struck the man. It also does not state that the man fired the rifle. Authorities have not disclosed how many rounds the deputy fired, where the man was located when the deputy fired, how much time elapsed before the Special Response Team entered the residence, or the medical cause and manner of the man's death. Because the available reporting establishes only that a deputy fired and the man was later found dead inside the residence,

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent investigation. As of 08/08/2026, authorities have not publicly released the man's identity or the name of the deputy who fired.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://abc11.com/post/suspect-found-dead-deputy-involved-shooting-edgecombe-county-sbi-investigating/19642467/
https://www.wnct.com/news/deputies-involved-in-shooting-near-rocky-mount-and-pinetops/
https://wcti12.com/news/local/armed-suspect-found-dead-in-home-after-confrontation-with-deputies-on-nc-43