Man accused of shooting at Amazon vans, causing crash in North Carolina; 3 in critical condition
Mar 24, 2025
KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) — Lonneil Cordarius Mason, 34, is in critical condition after law enforcement said he shot at three Amazon delivery vans Sunday and then was involved in a car crash while driving on the wrong side of the road.
Before the traffic collisions, law enforcement said Mason shot i
nto three Amazon vans, two on Felix Harvey Parkway and one on NC 11 north of the parkway.
Investigators say the shootings started at approximately 10:15 a.m. on Sunday from Mason’s vehicle. The Harvey Parkway shootings involved vans driven by two women; one was shot through the passenger door by a .45 caliber pistol, while the second traveled through the back of the van and through several packages with an AR-15 pistol.
The third Amazon van shooting occurred on the driver’s side of a van driven by a man. None of the Amazon drivers were injured in the shootings.
Mason is in critical condition after the vehicle he was driving, a 2011 white BMW, hit an SUV in a head-on collision.
Mason was driving North in the southbound lane of NC 11 when his BMW struck three vehicles — the first vehicle lost a mirror, the second was hit head-on by Mason and the third was a truck hauling mowers on a trailer.
No one was injured in the first and third collisions but there were two women who were injured in the head-on collision. Both are in critical condition.
The Lenoir County Sheriff's Office and State Highway Patrol continue to investigate the events that occurred Sunday morning. ...read more read less