Dearie William Bourne, 21, was killed in a February 19, 2021, shooting at the Camelot Village Apartments on Estes Drive near Willow Drive in Chapel Hill. Responding officers found Bourne with fatal injuries after reports of gunfire around 2:40 p.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators later arrested two men in connection with the killing. Donavyn Lee Mayfield, 20, of Carrboro, was arrested March 3, 2021, by a U.S. Marshal’s Task Force and charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, breaking and entering, and larceny. Jermaine Malik Jahquan Chance, 21, of Mebane, was taken into custody February 20, 2021, and charged with first-degree murder, breaking and entering, larceny, and discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling. Both were held at the Orange County Jail without bond.
Police say the murder did not appear to be random and the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact authorities or Chapel Hill-Carrboro-UNC Crimestoppers.