2-year-old recovering after drive-by; 13-year-old charged with attempted murder

On Monday afternoon, the teenager turned himself in at the Goldsboro Police Department and was transported to Pitt Regional Juvenile Detention Center. During the police investigation, juvenile petitions were filed against the teen.

The teen's name was not released. He was charged with:

The teen was slated for a June 30 court appearance.

On Tuesday, Wayne County District Attorney Matt Delbridge told WRAL News that the 13-year-old boy is charged as a juvenile. Delbridge wouldn't comment on whether he would request for the teen to be tried as an adult.

Tyrik Deontre Joyner, 26, was also arrested in connection with the incident. Joyner was taken into custody on the day after the shooting following a traffic stop in the area of U.S. 117 South and West Ash Street. Joyner was charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and four counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied motor vehicle. He has a $2.75 million bond.

On Tuesday, WRAL News spoke with Armstrong about the June 16 shooting.

"[I was] trying to get my kids down as much has I could while keeping myself down too," Armstrong recalled.

Armstrong said the gun shots all went into the backseat of the car. She said a bullet went through the back door, which slowed one of the bullets down.

According to Armstrong, the bullets did not hit Legend's main arteries.

No one else was injured in the June 16 shooting. Armstrong said her son had a bullet removed from his stomach at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville. Initially, first responders took him to Wayne UNC Health Care, police said. Armstrong said Legend wasn't bleeding, crying or unconscious when he was airlifted.

"When we were in hospital, [Legend] said he was scared. He told me [because] they shot me," Armstrong recalled of the shooting. "Hearing that from 2-year-old really bothered me."

Armstrong said doctors told her that grown men might not have survived the shooting, unlike her son.

"I think it was the good lord's grace," Armstrong said. "I'm just thankful my son is ok."

Legend spent a week recovering after undergoing several surgeries, Armstrong said.

Armstrong called her son a strong little boy.

"Legend amazes me since the day he was born," Armstrong said of her son. "That’s why I named him Legend. He is a living legend."

Joyner previously spent three years and six months in prison for an April 2019 conviction on charges of discharging a firearm into an occupied property. He was released in February 2020. Joyner was arrested in May 2020 for speeding to elude arrest, and he was convicted in October 2020 of driving with a revoked license.

Lleirrum Drarehs, who lives near the shooting scene, ran out of his house after hearing sirens and started recording video on his phone.

"I heard shots and went down there [when] police came up," Drarehs said.

Drarehs estimated he heard 15 gunshots. A blue Chevrolet Impala was seen near the scene with several holes in it.

"I feel angry I can't crash out," Armstrong said. "I have to move forward [and] move away from here."