NC NC- Stephen Sidberry, 30, shot sitting on front porch by man in ninja suit, Wilmington, 26 June 2001

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Name: Stephen Dewayne Sidberry
Age: 30
Date: June 26, 2001
Location: Wilmington
Summary: Sidberry was sitting on his front porch at 201 N. 31st St. with his wife when a gunman walked up to him about 8:20 p.m. and shot him once in the head. When Sidberry fell to the ground, the gunman, dressed in what was described as a Ninja suit, shot him again in the neck before running away to a car on North 30th Street and fleeing.
Wilmington Star News

Stephen Sidberry
June 25, 2001- An officer was dispatched to a location in reference to someone having been shot. The suspect fled the scene on foot. Witness stated that Stephen was shot by a black male, dressed in all black, wearing a black hood that covered his entire face.
Unsolved Murders | City of Wilmington, NC

 

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Stephen Dewayne Sidberry, 30, of 201 N. 31st St. was sitting on his front porch with his wife, Vicci, around 8:20 p.m. Monday when a gunman walked up to him, Mrs. Sidberry said.

"He just ran up and shot him twice," she said. "A bunch of kids were out there."

Mrs. Sidberry said her husband was a loving man who was "real good with kids."

"He was a good father," she said. The couple have 13 children.

She said she does not know who would want to kill her husband.

It wasn't the first time he'd been shot. In January, he was shot in the back after a fight broke out while he was standing at the bar at a night club on Castle Street.

Mr. Sidberry had a criminal record dating back a little more than a decade.

The man who shot him Monday was wearing what Mrs. Sidberry described as a Ninja suit.

The suspect walked between houses neighboring the Sidberrys' home, rounded the corner and walked up to Mr. Sidberry and shot him, according to a Wilmington Police report.

Mr. Sidberry was shot in his forehead and fell on the ground.

The suspect pointed the gun at him and pulled the trigger again, shooting Mr. Sidberry in the neck, the report said.

Man dies after night shooting

A Wilmington man who was shot in the head as he sat on his porch Monday night died Tuesday in New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Stephen Dewayne Sidberry, 30, of 201 N. 31st St. was sitting on hi…

www.starnewsonline.com

 

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Man dies after night shooting

A Wilmington man who was shot in the head as he sat on his porch Monday night died Tuesday in New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Stephen Dewayne Sidberry, 30, of 201 N. 31st St. was sitting on hi…

www.starnewsonline.com

"He just ran up and shot him twice," [his wife Vicci] said. "A bunch of kids were out there."

Mrs. Sidberry said her husband was a loving man who was "real good with kids."

"He was a good father," she said. The couple have 13 children.

She said she does not know who would want to kill her husband.

It wasn't the first time he'd been shot. In January, he was shot in the back after a fight broke out while he was standing at the bar at a night club on Castle Street.