Travis Dominick Mayfield, 40, was shot in the back of the neck and died on November 10, 2016, after being transported from the Deaverview Apartments in West Asheville to Mission Hospital. Born June 29, 1976, in Chester, South Carolina, Mayfield grew up in Asheville, was active at Nazareth First Baptist Church as a youth, lived for periods in Kentucky and Indiana, and had returned to Franklin, North Carolina, in 2014. He was survived by two sons, Travis Mayfield Jr. and Jackson Mayfield, a daughter Cade Peay, and his fiancée Vicki Lee Freeman and her sons.

Police say the shooting followed an argument in the early morning hours involving Mayfield, Frederick Simpson, and Travoscia Brown; Mayfield reportedly had gone to the apartments to mediate a dispute involving his half-sister. Both Simpson and Brown were arrested and initially indicted for first-degree murder, but witness statements conflicted about whether Mayfield was armed and some witnesses did not cooperate. In March 2019 Simpson and Brown pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and received five to seven years in prison; Mayfield’s family expressed that the sentence did not reflect their loss.

Does anyone have information about the events at Deaverview Apartments that night or knew Travis and can share details?