Derrick D. Byers, a 34-year-old African American man born September 29, 1984, was shot and killed in High Point, North Carolina, on October 20, 2018. The shooting happened shortly before 2:30 a.m. outside the High Point Bowling Center and Sidelines Bar and Grill at 309 W. Fairfield Road. Police found two people had been shot in the parking lot; one victim was taken to a hospital while Derrick Byers died at the scene.

Authorities arrested 32-year-old Bobby L. Wall Jr. of High Point in connection with the killing; he was located at a home on Gavin Drive and taken into custody by the United States Marshals Fugitive Task Force. Wall was charged with first-degree murder and held at the Guilford County Jail without bond. The motive remained unclear and the investigation was ongoing.

Byers is survived by his daughters Tyliah Graham, Kya Byers, and Amani Fordham; his mother Traci Sadonia McCauley; and siblings Timeka Donnell, Shemika Legrande, and David Williamson. He was predeceased by his father Gerald Wayne Hunter and his brother Gerald Williamson.

If anyone has information about what happened that night, please come forward to the High Point Police Department.