Taysha Brannon, a 33-year-old Black woman, was found unresponsive in the yard of a home on Bermuda Drive near Saint Pauls, North Carolina, on the afternoon of June 12, 2025. Robeson County deputies were called at about 1:02 p.m.; Brannon was pronounced dead at the scene and investigators labeled the case a homicide. Multiple reports identified the incident as a fatal shooting at the Bermuda Drive address.

Within days detectives named a suspect and made an arrest. On June 18, 2025, authorities took 38-year-old Shane Trenier Cohen into custody in Warsaw, North Carolina. Cohen, described as Brannon’s ex-boyfriend, was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and was held without bond. Reports characterized the killing as domestic in nature, but officials did not immediately release further investigative details beyond the charges.

If anyone knew Taysha, saw activity on or near Bermuda Drive on June 12, or has surveillance showing the area that afternoon, please share what you know with investigators.