On April 8, 2021, Detectives with the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office located and arrested Dishon Ismael Blount of Kinston in relation to a shooting incident that occurred on Will Baker Road in Lenoir County on March 11, 2021.

Blount was charged with Assault with Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill Inflicting Serious Bodily Injury, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon and was served with a warrant from Pitt County for a Domestic Violence Protective Order Violation. Blount was given a $200,000.00 secured bond and placed in the lenoir county jail.