Najay Peace was an 18-year-old African American male who was shot and killed on December 5, 2017, in the 300 block of South Woodcrest Street in Durham, North Carolina. He was found with gunshot wounds, taken to a nearby hospital, and died shortly afterward.

Two men from Durham were arrested in connection with the killing. Ivy Gooch, 20, was arrested on December 15, 2017, and charged with murder. Raiquan Yancey, 22, was also charged with murder after he was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service Joint Fugitive Task Force during a traffic stop on Archdale Drive. The police have not commented on any relationship between Najay and the suspects; Najay’s family initially believed the suspect may have been a childhood friend.

His grandmother, Patricia Peace, called for an end to the violence and urged that retaliation would not bring Najay back. Does anyone who knew Najay or who was in that neighborhood on December 5, 2017, have information that could help the investigation?