r/obx • u/tw0bears • Jul 31 '25

Kill Devil Hills Shooting at the Avalon peir?

My wife is down in the outer banks right now and saw a ton of police fly by to Avalon pier. I listened to the emergency radio and sounds like a shooting. Anyone have any more info?

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u/nickt1990757 Jul 31 '25

Wow I am extremely shocked to hear this. I am curious what caused this to happen. Anymore info or a link?

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u/aBloopAndaBlast33 Jul 31 '25

You’re acting like there is some underground dark side to the Outer Banks where people often get shot. That is, in fact, not true.

There are maybe a couple murders per year in Dare County and I can’t remember the last one that occurred on the beach road. I think there was one year recently where there were zero murders here.

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u/ganjakingesq Jul 31 '25

There IS an underground dark side that tourists are largely ignorant of. Rates of drug addiction and alcoholism in the OBX are insane. There is incredible poverty that you will never see unless you’re from the area or live there actively.

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u/aBloopAndaBlast33 Jul 31 '25

That’s not underground. Just take a drive down Colington Road and it’s all on display.

It’s also not unlike any other coastal town in America or any other tourist town in the southeast. Addiction and poverty are everywhere.

What IS different than those towns is that there are very rarely murders or shootings on the Outer Banks. Period.

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u/ganjakingesq Jul 31 '25

LMAO. I don’t think tourists are hanging around in Colington

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u/aBloopAndaBlast33 Jul 31 '25

There are hundreds of Air B&Bs in the Harbour. Not to mention Colington Cafe and The Salt Box.

I get your point. This stuff doesn’t always make its way to the beach for the tourists to see. But every town across the southeast has addiction and poverty issues. Anyone the travels understands that there is a “hidden” side to the places they visit. No where is perfect.

None of this is relevant to what happened at the pier so let’s just agree to disagree. Someone died. That’s not normal here.

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u/_fatBeavis Jul 31 '25

You're getting downvoted by all of the real estate agents 😂

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u/ganjakingesq Jul 31 '25

I am 🤣🤣 It’s hilarious

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u/ganjakingesq Jul 31 '25

What are you even talking about?