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Troy Leon Kellum

Age : 59

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 12/06/2023

Location : Hostess House motel on U.S. 70

City : Newport

County : Carteret County

State : North Carolina

Agency : Newport Police Department; Carteret County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 12/06/2023, law enforcement responded to the Hostess House motel on U.S. 70 in Newport after a 911 call about a trespasser and a shooting at the property. Officers found motel owner Satyen Naik with a gunshot wound outside a room and later learned he had died at the hospital. Authorities identified 59 year old Troy Leon Kellum as the person inside the room, where he barricaded himself and refused to surrender during an hours long standoff. Negotiators and tactical units maintained phone contact while attempting to get him to exit peacefully. When the Special Response Team entered the room after negotiations failed, Kellum shot himself with a handgun and died during the standoff. Schools in the area were placed on soft lockdown due to the prolonged police presence.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.witn.com/2023/12/06/apparent-armed-standoff-ongoing-motel-us-70-carteret-county/
https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/law-enforcement-at-standoff-after-shooting-in-carteret-county/
https://wcti12.com/news/local/hours-long-standoff-following-motel-shooting-in-newport-ends-in-two-deaths
https://www.publicradioeast.org/2023-12-07/hotel-owner-in-enc-killed-by-squatter-police-say-suspect-took-his-own-life-after-hours-long-standoff