Kent Carter, vice president of the NAACP’s Arlington, Virginia, branch, was shot and killed Sunday while vacationing in Turks & Caicos to celebrate his 40th birthday, according to statements from the NAACP and the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force.The vehicle was taking the tourists back to their hotels after an excursion, according to the statement from Chief of Police Trevor Botting.Julius Spain, Sr., president of the NAACP’s branch in Arlington, Virginia, spoke with CNN on Friday and described Kent Carter as a gentle giant who was highly regarded throughout the community.After joining the NAACP, Carter led the Arlington branch’s criminal justice committee, where he worked with state and local leaders on law enforcement reform among other civil rights issues, Spain said.“He was chairman of the criminal justice committee where he was instrumental in advocating as a member of the country’s police practices working group that established a police accountability review board with subpoena power,” the NAACP added."