On Sunday, April 10th , 2022, at approximately 5:10 p.m. Kinston Police Officers were dispatched to a report of a person that had been shot in Mitchell Wooten Apartments. Officers responded to the location and located a 36 year old suffering from multiple nonlife-threatening gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to Vidant Medical Center for treatment. The victims name is Timothy Staten. Officers were able to locate the scene of the incident and quickly identified the suspect as Deon Goff, 30, of Kinston. Warrants for Attempted Murder were obtained and around 11 p.m. Goff turned himself into the Kinston Police Department and he was placed in the Lenoir County Jail under a secured bond.

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.