Trevon Marquette Johns was 18 when he was fatally shot on July 5, 2016, in Sanford, North Carolina. Officers responding to reports of shots fired found him on the ground outside a residence on the 1100 block of James Street around 1 a.m.; he was taken to Central Carolina Regional Hospital and died of his injuries. Authorities did not provide a motive for the shooting.

A 17-year-old, Urbano Garcia-Sanchez, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with Johns’ death. Garcia-Sanchez was also charged, along with Joel Isiah Tutt, 18, and Sean Dimitris Matthews, 17, in an earlier incident that night in Horton Park involving an attempted robbery and assault of Albert Johnson Jr., who was treated at Central Carolina Regional Hospital. Bail amounts were set for Tutt, Matthews and Garcia-Sanchez, and Garcia-Sanchez was held without bail on the murder charge.

Johns’ father, James Harrington, said a black SUV drove through the neighborhood firing shots into the air and that when the vehicle returned Trevon was struck in the back of the head while trying to flee. Neighbors have voiced fear about frequent gun violence in the area. If anyone has information about what happened that night or saw the vehicle, please share what you know.