Kent Carter, vice president of the NAACP’s Arlington, Virginia, branch, was shot and killed while vacationing in Turks & Caicos to celebrate his 40th birthday, according to statements from the NAACP and the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force.
Kent Carter, vice president of the NAACP’s Arlington, Virginia, branch, was shot and killed Sunday while vacationing in Turks & Caicos to celebrate his 40th birthday, according to statements from the NAACP and the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. Two people were murdered in a targeted attack on their vehicle, which contained tourists and staff from a local business, the police said.
CNN has reached out to KW Realty for comment. After joining the NAACP, Carter led the Arlington branch’s criminal justice committee, where he worked with state and local leaders on law enforcement reform among other civil rights issues, Spain said. “Kent … set the example for others to emulate in life as a kind-hearted, respectable person, and it went both ways,” Spain said. “NAACP National Board Members for Region 7 are astonished and deeply saddened to hear of the unfortunate death of Mr.
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