Screenshots reviewed by The North Carolina Beat appear to show disturbing conversations involving individuals identified as Onslow County EMS personnel.
ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. — A series of screenshots and archived social media posts sent anonymously to The North Carolina Beat appear to show individuals identified as employees within the Onslow County Emergency Medical Services system engaging in conversations containing racial slurs, homophobic language and disturbing remarks about race and genetics.
All personnel are still employed with Onslow County EMS, according to public records.
The material includes screenshots from what appears to be a private group chat labeled “Work GC”, along with social media posts attributed to one of the individuals named in the messages.
The screenshots provided to the The North Carolina Beat identify several participants in the chat, including Rebecca “Becca” Davis, who is described in messages as a Paramedic Captain and supervisor, Kyle Wenner, a paramedic , and Joshua “Meta” Mullin, identified as an EMT-Basic.
The North Carolina Beat has not independently verified the authenticity of the screenshots, but the messages reviewed raise serious questions about the tone and content of conversations allegedly taking place among individuals responsible for responding to medical emergencies across Onslow County and surrounding communities.
Chat Messages Appear To Reference Race And “Pure Gene Pool”
In screenshots reviewed by the The North Carolina Beat, a conversation attributed to a participant identified as Kyle begins with the message:
“I blame my uncle muddying the gene pool.”
Another participant identified as Joshua appears to respond:
“That’s fair. It’s his fault not yours.”
The exchange continues with a message asking whether the phrase referred to incest or interracial relationships.
One message reads:
“Wait muddying it with incest or with a……black……”
Another message appears to respond:
“Ew imagine that. So gross.”
The conversation then shifts into a joking discussion about incest.
One message reads:
“Incest.”
Another message attributed to Becca appears to reply:
“Wincest*.”
Shortly afterward, another participant appears to celebrate the conversation with a message reading:
“#winning. #puregenepool”
In another message appearing later in the thread, one participant writes:
“Yeah. I couldn’t imagine a family member f*****g a *****.”
The final words in that message appear partially censored in the screenshot.
The context of the discussion is unclear from the images alone, but the tone of the exchange — particularly references to a “pure gene pool” and disgust toward interracial relationships — raise concerns among members of the public about bias among individuals tasked with providing emergency medical care.
Other Screenshots Appear To Show Homophobic Language
Additional screenshots submitted to the The North Carolina Beat appear to show participants in the same group chat using homophobic slurs.
In one exchange, a message appears to read:
“F**k that faggot.”
The messages provided to the The North Carolina Beat suggest the discussion was allegedly referring to former Onslow County Manager David Smitherman, though that claim has not been independently verified.
Smitherman was terminated by the Onslow County Board of Commissioners in February, ending his tenure after more than two years in the role.
County officials said at the time that Smitherman was fired “for cause” after what they described as a failure to perform certain duties required of the county manager and clerk.
Smitherman publicly disputed the county’s explanation.
In statements reported by local media, Smitherman said his firing followed a dispute with members of the county commission after he allegedly refused to carry out requests he believed would violate professional ethics standards for government administrators.
He did not publicly detail what those requests involved.
Past Social Media Posts Also Surface
The anonymous submission also included screenshots of social media posts attributed to Kyle Wenner.
One post responding to coverage of the 2016 Dallas police protest attack, where several officers were killed, contains harsh language directed toward the Black Lives Matter movement.
The post reads:
“You f—ks can take your Black Lives Matter bullshit and shove it up your a*s. A bunch of uncivilized savages are what they are.”
Another image shared in a separate post contains text that reads:
“Welcome to the USA! Press 1 for English. Press 2 to disconnect until you learn to speak English.”
Anonymous Submission Claims Complaints Were Raised
Along with the screenshots, we were provided a message describing concerns about the behavior depicted in the images.
The message states that the concerns were previously raised internally with leadership and human resources.
According to the statement provided to the The North Carolina Beat, leadership allegedly responded by saying they had “no knowledge of these allegations.”
At this time, The North Carolina Beat has chosen not to identify the leadership who allegedly knew about these messages.
Additional Allegation Described In Submission
The anonymous message sent to the The North Carolina Beat also included another allegation involving an EMS employee.
According to the written submission, a white employee allegedly spat on the face of a Black teenager under the age of 16 and later boasted about the incident.
The submission claims the employee received only minimal discipline.
The North Carolina Beat has not independently verified that allegation.
Emergency medical personnel often arrive during the most vulnerable moments in a person’s life — during medical crises, accidents or life-threatening emergencies.
For many residents, paramedics represent not just healthcare professionals but also a symbol of public trust and impartial service.
If authentic, the messages and posts reviewed by the The North Carolina Beat could raise questions about the internal culture within a department responsible for responding to thousands of emergency calls each year across Onslow County.
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