Donta Chestnut, Wilson, N.C youth leader shoots & kills mom & son in eviction dispute. Victims id as Natasha Latrice Sutton & Avantae Pender [VIDEO]

A youth leader in North Carolina is accused of shooting and killing a mother and her son, as well as injuring a third person during an eviction dispute.

Donta Maurice Chestnut, 39, of Wilson, is accused of gunning down Natasha Latrice Sutton, 44, and her 21-year-old son, Avantae Pender.

The event occurred on Monday, September 15th, about 2 p.m. on Washington Street in Wilson, North Carolina.

Before the gunfire erupted, Chestnut, a local youth leader and previous city council candidate, attempted to push Sutton and her son out of their home. Neighbors reported hearing an altercation before rapid gunfire broke out.

Another woman, 37-year-old Tiffany Fogg, was also shot during the incident. She survived and is recovering at Wilson Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

As of Tuesday morning, Wilson police confirmed that a fourth victim, 46-year-old Tyron Sutton, was hurt in the shooting. He was treated by Wilson County EMS on the scene with a non-life threatening injury, WRAL reported.

Chestnut a local youth leader is known as the man behind ‘Our Wilson’ – a nonprofit focused on providing Wilson’s young people with mentorship, and opportunities for a better life.

The arrest is hard to square for people like Tekeya Farmer, whose children attended youth programs Chestnut ran.

‘He comes to this community all the time, to give back to his community, clean up the yards, help the old people out, people who battle drug addiction, everything.’ Farmer told WRAL. ‘He saved a lot of lives.’

Neighbors say he’d raised himself up from a hard childhood of his own, and ‘served as an example in the community’. He also ran, and lost, a race for Wilson’s city council in 2023.

Chestnut is now facing two counts of first-degree murder charges and two counts of attempted first-degree murder.

Police said the investigation is still ongoing.

The Wilson Police Department asks that anyone with information regarding this case contact the Wilson Police Department at (252) 399-2323 or Crime Stoppers at (252) 243-2255.