Johnneil Rayshawn Emerson, 22, was killed on April 13, 2021, in High Point, North Carolina. He was one of three people struck in a triple shooting in the area of Eastchester Drive and Wendover Avenue when shots were fired between two cars. Emerson was sitting in the backseat of one vehicle and died of a gunshot wound to the torso at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Two High Point men, Justice S. McLaurin, 26, and J’Mariuis D. Howze Jr., 23, were arrested and charged with first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder in connection with the incident; police say the same suspects had tried to shoot one of the victims on April 10. Emerson’s mother, Johnnette Emerson, described him as a kind, loving father and the family’s only child. The community remembers him as loyal and outgoing.

If anyone has information about the April 13 shooting or knew Johnneil, please come forward to investigators.