A man was found dead on the Route 40 overpass near 1400 N. Albany Avenue in Atlantic City on the night of July 6, 2025. A passing motorist called 911 at about 11:20 p.m.; officers discovered 43-year-old Vaughn Lyons unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy ruled the cause of death gunshot wounds and the manner of death homicide.

A witness reported seeing Lyons and another man exit an SUV on the overpass, then hearing several gunshots. The other man was later identified as 52-year-old William A. Tucker, who was seen returning to the vehicle driven by 30-year-old Sabrina Hearns Evans. The two allegedly drove back to Evans’s apartment, where she reportedly packed several trash bags before they fled toward Philadelphia on the Atlantic City Expressway.

On July 9, 2025, Tucker was arrested and charged with murder plus weapons and drug offenses. Evans was also arrested and charged with hindering apprehension in relation to the murder and with drug-related offenses. A search of the apartment recovered handgun magazines, ammunition, suspected fentanyl and cocaine, and suspected drug distribution materials.

If anyone saw activity on the Route 40 overpass that night or knows Lyons as Bill, please share information with Atlantic City law enforcement.