Tavarus Devon Lynch was 26 when he was found shot to death while sitting in a vehicle at the dead end of Bedford Road, near Meadowbrook Park in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on the evening of November 16, 2020. Police were dispatched after a shot spotter activation around 6:34 PM and pronounced him dead at the scene. He was born October 24, 1994, and graduated Nash Central High School with the Class of 2013.

No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been reported and the case remains unsolved. A nonprofit, Team Cold Case, is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to an arrest. His younger brother, Stoshua Eugene Lynch, was also killed in a separate shooting in Rocky Mount on January 11, 2021; both families continue to mourn.

Anyone with information about Tavarus Lynch’s death is asked to contact the Rocky Mount Police Department or the tip line offering the reward.