Duplin County residents scared after fatal shooting on Saturday

DUPLIN COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Residents of one Eastern Carolina county are frightened after a shooting on Saturday night killed a woman and injured a man.

Neighbors in the area said they heard a noise outside but didn’t know what it was.

In the front yard of a home off Shine Road on the outskirts of Faison, 42-year-old Latonya Corbett was shot and killed while Russell Hines was injured.

Details about the shooting remain scarce, and the sheriff’s office says no arrests have been made.

Tristen Wood, who lives in the area, worries about what that might mean for her family.

“Oh, I‘m terrified,” Wood said. “I don’t live that far from here, so you don’t really hear that much here in this town. Wow, I have kids, and they all go to school around here, so it’s kind of terrifying.”

The people who live in the home where the shooting happened say something just went wrong, but declined to comment further.

The community worries for their safety as the person responsible is not in custody.

“Well, honestly, it makes you feel a little uneasy of your community and what’s going on,” Ino Blewitt-Castro, who works nearby said. “It’s not really far from here, and considering it’s a small, little tight-knit community, it’s odd that they haven’t found anyone and no one’s coming forward to turn anyone in. So, it just makes you more aware of your situation and what’s going on around you.”

The people who live in the home where the shooting happened are shaken up. They say Corbett was a friend.

The Duplin County Sheriff’s Office has yet to comment.