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Man fatally shot outside Pitt-Greenville Airport, one in custody

Sunday, December 16, 2018
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Beaufort County man has died after being shot outside the Pitt-Greenville Airport Sunday morning.

According to WITN, it happened outside the main entrance around 6 a.m. when officers found Joseph Pate, 52, suffering from gunshot wounds.
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Pate died at the scene.

The suspect was identified as John Reid, 49, of Grimesland. Reid was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder.

WITN reports that Pate and Reid knew each other.

Reid is being held in the Pitt County Detention Center under no bond.
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The airport is now under normal operations but the 11 a.m. departing flight was canceled.
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