On August 18, 2019, 9-year-old ZYon Nataevion Person was killed in Durham, North Carolina, when a car carrying him, his aunt, sister, and cousins was struck in a drive-by shooting at the intersection of Duke and Leon Streets. ZYon was hit in the head and died of his injuries; an 8-year-old cousin in the same vehicle was also wounded.

Investigators determined the attack was a case of mistaken identity. The shooters, identified as members of the Eight Trey Gangster Crips, targeted the vehicle believing it belonged to a rival gang member after an assault on one of their members days earlier. Antonio Nathaniel Davenport Jr. known as Lil Tony, Derrick Lamont Dixon Jr. known as Smacc, and Dival Nygee Magwood known as Paco were arrested and charged with first-degree murder and related offenses, including conspiracy, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious bodily injury, and discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle.

The killing devastated ZYon’s family and the Durham community; he was remembered as a rising fourth grader and football enthusiast. Does anyone have information about ZYon or that intersection on August 18, 2019 that could help piece together what happened?