Jacob Riley Diehl, 20, was found in the parking lot along the 200 block of Dalewood Drive in Winston-Salem in the early hours of June 25, 2025, with a gunshot wound. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene around 2:10 a.m., and funeral notices list his passing on that date. Police initially described the incident as a targeted act and opened a homicide investigation.

Within days investigators charged 19-year-old Mickey James Dewalt Jr. with felony murder and attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon; a magistrate denied bond and he was held at the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Detention Center. On July 11 authorities announced a second arrest, naming 16-year-old Jaisharr Jahon Semai Kirby and charging him as an adult with the same counts; officials said the teen was held in a juvenile detention center.

Friends and family held memorials, candles and an online fundraiser as the community grieved and called for an end to gun violence. If anyone witnessed the incident on Dalewood Drive that pre-dawn morning or has information about the events leading up to it, please come forward.