On May 4, 2024, at about 3:11 a.m., Fayetteville police responded to reports of shots fired in the 5300 block of Ramsey Street, near Methodist University. Officers found 21-year-old Jonah Malik Taylor, a Fort Liberty soldier originally from Oakland, Mississippi, with gunshot wounds. Taylor, a paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and a father of two, was taken by a personal vehicle to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.

An eyewitness said the violence began with a fight inside a hookah lounge that spilled into the parking lot and ended with the shooting. Taylor was remembered by his commanding officer Col. Todd Burroughs as an exceptional paratrooper and a great teammate. The Fayetteville Police Department has launched an investigation into the circumstances of his death.

If anyone saw the incident near Ramsey Street that night or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.