Kinston Police: Attempted murder suspect arrested
On Friday, September 17th, 2021, at approximately 11:45 a.m. Kinston Police Officers conducting proactive patrols located Nigel Wiggins, 24, of Kinston, N.C. walking along the 700 block of Terminal St. in Kinston with a firearm. Officers attempted contact with Wiggins and after a brief foot chase he was arrested and the firearm was recovered. Wiggins was placed in the Lenoir County Jail to await federal prosecution for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Officers were able to locate additional evidence that implicated Wiggins in the shooting of Tyreke Mills on September 15th, 2021. On October 6th, 2021, Wiggins was charged with Attempted Murder and Discharging a Firearm into an Occupied Dwelling. Wiggins remains in the Lenoir County Jail.
On Tuesday, September 15th, 2021, at approximately 11:20 p.m. Kinston Police Officers were dispatched to the 700 block of W. Highland Ave. in reference to multiple calls regarding shots being fired in the area. After responding to the scene Kinston Police Officers were contacted by UNC Lenoir Hospital in reference to a subject that had arrived with a gunshot wound. Officers arrived at the hospital and identified the victim as Tyreke Mills, 27, of Kinston N.C. Mr. Mills was suffering from a non-life threatening gunshot wound and was treated and released. Officers were able to locate the scene of the incident and are working to establish the identities of the perpetrator(s).
The Kinston Police Department places the highest priority on investigating crimes of violence perpetrated in our city. We will investigate such cases with no compromise for crime, and continue to seek assistance from the community we proudly serve. If anyone has information about this incident, please call the Kinston Police Department’s Tips Line at 252-939-4020 or Lenoir County Crime Stoppers at 252-523-4444. Calls to Crime Stoppers are confidential and anonymous, and the caller may be eligible for a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest.
