Jamel TyJon Grant, a 24-year-old African American man, was shot and killed in the early hours of July 10, 2022, near Spruce and College streets in Asheville, North Carolina, a short distance from the Asheville Police Department. First responders found Grant with multiple gunshot wounds to his back; he was taken to Mission Hospital and pronounced dead. Autopsy reports described fatal wounds to his torso.

Investigators identified a person of interest and arrested 26-year-old Danquries Lamar Green, who turned himself in on July 12, 2022, and faced charges including first-degree murder, discharging a firearm within city limits, and going armed to the terror of the people. At trial Green testified he acted in self-defense after Grant flashed a firearm, but surveillance footage and autopsy evidence showed Grant was shot multiple times in the back. The jury convicted Green of voluntary manslaughter and imposed a prison term of up to 74 months.

If anyone witnessed the shooting near Spruce and College streets that morning or has information about the events leading up to Grant’s death, please share what is known.