Keedon Lewis, 16, was shot and killed in the early hours of Sunday, March 8, 2026. Known as FatMan at Purnell Swett High School, he was remembered as humorous, enthusiastic and clever, a familiar presence in the Prospect and Rowland communities of North Carolina.

Keedon was at a house party near the intersection of Josie Lane and Kitchen Street Road just outside Rowland when violence broke out shortly after 3 a.m. Deputies from the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office found him deceased at the scene. The sheriff’s office opened an intensive investigation and later arrested four other teenagers in connection with the fatal shooting.

Anyone who attended the party or has information about what happened that morning is asked to come forward.