Tavarus Lashon Taybron, 24, was shot and killed on June 21, 2020, in northeast Charlotte, North Carolina. Police were called about 10:50 p.m. to an apartment complex on Varsity Lane after an Assault with Deadly Weapon report and found Taybron in a common area with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The death was classified as a homicide and detectives from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit led the investigation.

Authorities did not disclose a motive. On August 11, 2021, warrants led to the arrest of 21-year-old Christopher Flood in Wilmington, North Carolina; Flood was charged with Taybron’s murder and was to be transferred to Mecklenburg County to face charges. The shooting occurred amid a surge of local violence that included six homicides within a 24-hour span during the COVID-19 pandemic. If anyone has information about Taybron or that night on Varsity Lane, please come forward to assist investigators.