Musician Recording Self On Facebook Live Shot To Death On Video

WINGATE, NC — Graphic video shows a gunman shooting a man to death in Wingate who was broadcasting himself on Facebook Live. The shooting, which occurred around 10 a.m. Monday on Jerome Street, forced nearby Wingate University to go on lockdown.

The victim, identified by news outlets as Prentis Robinson, can be seen in the video walking down a roadway holding a selfie stick. He's wearing a white jacket and cowboy hat and holds a blue bag when a lone gunman walking toward him on a grassy area opens fire on Robinson. The camera tumbles to the ground.

The university lifted the lockdown around 1 p.m. Wingate Elementary School was also briefly placed on lockdown.

Union County Sheriff Public Information Officer Tony Underwood told the New York Daily News the video was posted on a page for Robinson, who was a musician based in Atlanta. You can watch the video here. It is extremely graphic.

Wingate police Chief Donnie Gay told WSOC-TV Robinson had been at the police station minutes before he was gunned down to report a stolen cellphone.

Wingate University tweeted that police are searching for a suspect armed with a long gun.

Any reports of an Active shooter on Wingate University or Wingate Elementary are FALSE. Campus and students are safe. Both schools on lockdown due to active homicide scene in Jerome Street in Wingate.
— Union County Sheriff (@UnionCoSheriff) February 26, 2018

Family members of Prentis Robinson, who was shot and killed in Wingate this morning, gave me this photo of him. They also told me he just had a birthday Friday. No arrests yet in his murder. pic.twitter.com/2UfPvmXirc
— Greg Suskin (@GSuskinWSOC9) February 26, 2018

Photo credit: Renee Schiavone