On the evening of Thursday, May 14, 2026, 26-year-old Tyrik Javonta’ McLean was killed in Spring Lake, North Carolina. According to investigators, an exchange of gunfire erupted near his home on Jamestown Drive and McLean was struck and died at the scene. The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office opened the investigation immediately.

Within a week deputies arrested 28-year-old Mizaueus McLean and 21-year-old Jamari Black. Authorities say the two were in a car when the exchange of gunfire with Tyrik McLean occurred. Both were charged with murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, five counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, one count of felony conspiracy, and 33 counts of discharging a weapon into occupied property. Both were held without bond.

The motive and the precise nature of the dispute that led to the shooting have not been released and the case is in the early stages. Did anyone in Spring Lake see or hear anything on the night of May 14 that could help explain what happened?