Three Men Charged In Deadly Rocky Mount Shooting That Killed Two Friends

Three Men Arrested In Rocky Mount Shooting Of Two Friends

Police in Rocky Mount done made some major arrests after two young Black lives were taken too soon in a chilling double homicide that rocked the city early Sunday morning.

Late-Night Shooting Leaves 2 Dead in Rocky Mount Park

Around 3 a.m. on July 13, officers were called to the 800 block of Virginia Street, where they found 19-year-old Ryo Steele and 20-year-old La’Ren Dickens gunned down in cold blood. Despite emergency efforts, both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Now, three men are behind bars facing first-degree murder charges in connection to the killings.

THE SUSPECTS:

• Bernard Smith, 27, was the first to be picked up. Cops say he pulled the trigger on La’Ren Dickens. He’s currently sitting in the Edgecombe County Jail with NO bond.

• Trevion Scarboro, 20, was arrested later in Sharpsburg and is also charged in Dickens’ death. He’s now locked up in the Nash County Jail, also held without bond.

• Devonte Dales, 22, is accused of killing Ryo Steele. He was already in custody on unrelated charges when detectives connected him to the shooting. He remains jailed with no bond as well.

Steele and Dickens, who were reportedly close friend. This tragic event was one of three separate shootings in Rocky Mount over the weekend, though police say they ain’t connected.