Trevon Delshawn Rodregus Tripp, a 26-year-old father of two from Dunkirk, New York, was fatally shot inside an apartment at 839 Prendergast Avenue in Jamestown on the evening of March 18, 2024. Police found three men shot after responding to reports of gunfire just after 5:30 p.m.; Tripp was pronounced dead at the scene and two other men suffered serious injuries.

Investigators say the shooting occurred during an attempted robbery that had been organized by 39-year-old Evan Nix of Amherst, who allegedly lured cannabis sellers from Rochester to Jamestown through online interactions. Nix recruited several accomplices for the plan, including Tripp, William Hernandez and Juan Rivera-Torres. Rivera-Torres and Hernandez were arrested in the weeks after the shooting, and prosecutors brought first-degree robbery charges tied to the incident.

As of June 2025 the homicide remained under investigation and no one had been charged with Tripp’s murder. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Jamestown Police Department at (716) 483-7536 or the anonymous tip line at (716) 483-TIPS (8477).