Sayvor Almondre Cromartie was 20 when he was shot and killed on June 19, 2019, in Wilmington, North Carolina. He had been at his grandmother’s house nursing a foot injury from a roofing job; his grandmother, Janice Vaughn, left to run errands and returned to find him gone. Shortly after, Sayvor’s mother, Shalonda Vaughn, was called and went to South 11th Street, where she found him in an ambulance. Sayvor died of his injuries.

Police say the shooting occurred outside a house on South 11th Street. The Wilmington Police Department has not publicly labeled the death a homicide and no charges were filed against the shooter; the family was told the police knew the shooter’s identity but were not given details. The New Hanover County District Attorney later announced no one would be charged in Sayvor’s death and said that, had Sayvor survived, he would have faced multiple criminal offenses for events that day. Several associates were charged in connection with the incident, and 911 calls and police radio recordings have been sealed by court order.

The investigation remains open and the Vaughn family continues to seek answers and justice. If anyone knew Sayvor or has information about what happened on South 11th Street that day, please come forward.