Teylyn McAlpin was 17 when he was fatally shot multiple times near Montford baseball field in Asheville, North Carolina, on November 28, 2020. He was an outgoing, athletic student at Asheville High School and a single father to a one-year-old daughter. Responding officers and medical staff took him to Mission Hospital, where he died later that day.

The Asheville Police Department identified two teenage suspects: a 16-year-old who was arrested and charged with first-degree murder on December 4, 2020, and another teen, Dionate Whitson, 16, who remained at large. A $10,000 reward was later offered for information leading to Whitson’s arrest. Teylyn’s mother, Javelin Duncan, and his grandmother remember his vibrant personality and the joy he brought to others.

What information might help bring justice for Teylyn and his family?