Iyania Rhone, an 18-year-old senior at Harnett Central High School from Erwin, North Carolina, was killed just after midnight on March 23, 2020. She was asleep at home on Bunnlevel-Erwin Road when a bullet from a drive-by shooting struck her in the pelvic area. She was taken to Cape Fear Valley Hospital and later died of her injuries.

The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office investigated and multiple arrests followed. Authorities arrested 27-year-old Baron Lee Lyons Jr. of Apex and charged him with first-degree murder, felony conspiracy to commit murder, and ten counts of discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling. An 18-year-old male, Jaylan Kashon Jackson of Angier, was also arrested on similar charges, including first-degree murder and ten counts of discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling. Two women from South Carolina, 23-year-old Carla Jaynette Williams and 19-year-old Jakima Velonne Jackson, were charged with felony conspiracy, felony accessory after the fact, and misdemeanor accessory after the fact; Jakima Jackson also faced a felony insurance fraud charge.

The case description identifies a complex alleged conspiracy surrounding the shooting and notes the community’s grief. If anyone knew Iyania or has information about the events that night, please share what is known with investigators.