Taheem Ivory Lassiter was 20 when he died from a gunshot wound on August 1, 2017, in Raleigh, North Carolina. The shooting occurred during a marijuana sale arranged at an apartment on Pebble Beach Drive; a struggle broke out during the transaction and Lassiter died later that night at WakeMed hospital.

Raleigh police arrested three people in connection with the killing: Xzavier Dawu Murrell, 19, Cresyan Tyrek Scurlock, 18, and Eric Lamont Dillard, 19. They were charged with murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon. Murrell was arrested August 8, 2017, while Scurlock and Dillard were taken into custody on August 2 and August 3, respectively. Officers searching Dillard’s car recovered a semi-automatic pistol, a shoulder holster, two magazines, and two cell phones.

The investigation traces the shooting to the drug deal that went wrong; a witness described a sale arranged by Lassiter that escalated into a struggle and the fatal shot. If anyone knew Taheem, was at the apartment on Pebble Beach Drive, or has information about the transaction, please come forward.