Shawn-Quell Marquis Pleasant, 19, of Raeford, North Carolina, was shot and killed on May 26, 2015. His body was found with multiple gunshot wounds on a private drive behind a home in the 100 block of Malloy Street. The Hoke County Sheriff’s Office described the shooting as gang-related and part of a retaliation effort.

Following the killing, several people were arrested in connection with the incident. Brandon Bernard Dockery, 22, was charged with first-degree murder and held without bond in the Hoke County jail. Aaron Goode, 21, was charged with discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling and failing to report a change of address as a sex offender. Cordarius Stephens, 17, was charged with discharging a weapon into an occupied building. Deputies increased patrols in the Robins Heights and Scurlock communities after shots were fired at a home on Scurlock School Road that was occupied by three women and four youths shortly after Pleasant’s death.

Anyone with information about Shawn-Quell Marquis Pleasant or the events surrounding his death is asked to come forward.