RFP Staff
♦ The September 2nd Salisbury, N.C. shooting death of Nathan Rupert Plant, 37, of Lexington, N.C. was ruled as self-defense by the Medical Examiner and Salisbury Police Investigators. After an exhaustive examination of the autopsy examination and the investigators reports, District Attorney Brandy Cook concluded the evidence showed that Nathan Plant was killed in self-defense. The District Attorney’s Office will not pursue criminal charges against the shooter.
The Late Nathan Ruppert Plant:
As a result of the police investigation Tonya Veann Wilkes, 44, the owner of the mobile home where the shooting took place on 1011 Rachel Lane near Airport Road in Salisbury and Tiodomira Anna-Marie Caudillo, 24, of the 400 block of North Craige Street were both charged with drug offenses.
1011 Rachel Lane, Salisbury, N.C.:
Wilkes was charged with conspiracy to sell a controlled substance II (felony) and had an outstanding charge of assault inflicting serious injury (misdemeanor). Under a secured $4,000 bond, Wilks was placed in the Rowan County Detention Center and has since been released.
Tonya Veann Wilks:
Caudillo was charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver a control schedule II substance (felony), attempt to sell a control schedule II substance (felony), and conspiracy to sell a control schedule II substance (felony). Under a secured $20,000 bond, Caudillo was placed in the Rowan County Detention Center where she has since been released on bail.
Tiodomira Anna-Marie-Caudillo:
An article on the death of Nathan Rupert Plant appeared in the RFP on September 3rd 2015: “Dead Shooting Victim Identified as Nathan Rupert Plant in Salisbury, N.C. Triple Shooting on Rachel Lane”:
“Deceased shooting victim was identified as Nathan Rupert Plant, 37, of Lexington, N.C. Yesterday a triple shooting occurred at 1011 Rachel Lane in Salisbury Wednesday Afternoon led to one dead and two wounded.
A neighbor, hearing gunshots, called 911 and summoned Salisbury Police to a one-level white mobile home on the corner of Rachel Lane off Gaskey Road near Airport Road. The first officers on the scene found two persons shot. One of the victims Nathan Rupert Pant, 37, was pronounced dead at the scene. A surviving gunshot victim, Tonya Veann Wilks, 44, of 1011 Rachel Lane was transported to Novant Rowan Regional Medical Center where she was said to be in stable condition and has since been released.
Later Wednesday afternoon a third individual Desmine Marnic Kirkland, 28, of the 500 block Neelytown Road in China Grove who suffered a gunshot wound, arrived at Novant Rowan Regional Medical Center. It was determined Kirkland was at the Rachel Lane shooting. His wound is reported as being non-life threatening.
All afternoon police vehicles were parked along Rachel Street as investigators spoke with neighbors and gathered crime scene evidence.
All three persons are said to know each other, yet their exact relationships are yet unclear to investigators.
Desmine Marnic Kirkland, 28, is no stranger to death scenes. Kirkland was previous convicted of 2nd degree murder as an accessory after the fact in the 2010 for 2009 slaying of Demetrius Bost. After Bost was murdered his body was coldly flung into a ditch on Milford Hills Drive.
Desmine Marnic Kirkland’s Previous Record:
Police have not yet named the killer or the motive of the Wednesday’s shootout. No charges are yet filed. The crime scene is still under investigation.”
Nathan Marnic Kirkland:
