DaShaun J. Pearsall was 23 and from Willard, North Carolina. He was shot and killed on Davis Street in Jacksonville on the morning of August 21, 2019; police were called at about 7:31 a.m. and found him lying in the roadway with a gunshot wound. First responders performed CPR but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation led to the arrest of 24-year-old Tyquan Sykree Hayes of Jacksonville; he was located at a hotel in Wilmington and taken into custody without incident. Hayes was charged with murder and held in the Onslow County Jail without bond. Also arrested was 21-year-old Mieonna Diasia Jackson of Jacksonville, charged with harboring a fugitive; she was found with Hayes at the hotel and held under a $2,500 bond. Authorities said the investigation remains active and additional charges were anticipated.

A funeral service for DaShaun Pearsall was held August 26, 2019, at Newkirks Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Willard. If anyone has information about the shooting or events leading up to that morning, please come forward.