Malik Shepherd was a 19-year-old football standout from Selma, North Carolina who was shot and killed on January 4, 2020. He had recently graduated from Smithfield-Selma High School and was due to begin at Barton College. The shooting happened around 11 p.m. near the intersection of West Preston and Green streets; Malik was found with fatal gunshot wounds alongside 21-year-old Tyquan Dublin, who survived after surgery.

The Selma Police Department led the investigation with assistance from the State Bureau of Investigation, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and the Four Oaks Police Department. Four days after the shooting, three suspects were arrested and charged in connection with the killing. Hundreds in the community gathered to remember Malik, and his mother, Imika Barnes, spoke about the grief of losing a son who was looking forward to college and the impending birth of his child.

If anyone knew Malik, was in the West Preston and Green streets area that night, or has information that could shed light on what happened, please come forward.