Shaunte Jermaine Rhyne Jr was 22 when he was fatally shot on April 25, 2022, in the parking lot of Garden Court Apartments on East Second Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Known to family and friends as Boodie and Johnny, he was born April 21, 2000, and remembered as a loving father, son, grandson, nephew and brother who enjoyed rapping and spending time with loved ones.

According to reports, a verbal altercation with an unknown person in the apartment complex parking lot escalated and Shaunte was shot. He was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries; his death was recorded as the city’s 14th homicide of 2022. Investigators treated the shooting as a criminal investigation and asked the public for help identifying the suspect.

In September 2022 authorities arrested and charged 21-year-old Rayshun Antonio Crowder with murder and with possession of a firearm by a felon. The case also prompted questions about security at the complex and the family considered pursuing legal claims over those concerns.