On December 6, 2023, at about 10:30 p.m., officers answered a report of a person needing medical attention in the 4800 block of Hollenden Drive in Raleigh and found 19-year-old Jaleel Ni’Shawn Lyons with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital with serious injuries and later died from those wounds.

Authorities arrested 19-year-old Tyshawn Marquis Cloud in connection with Lyons’ death; Cloud was charged with murder and made a first court appearance on December 13, 2023, where the judge told him he could face the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted. The relationship between Cloud and Lyons and the motive for the shooting have not been established.

Lyons was born November 5, 2004, in Edgecombe County to Nakia Lyons and Roshawna White and attended Mary Phillips High School; a visitation was held December 16, 2023, at Hemby-Willoughby Chapel in Tarboro. Does anyone have information about Lyons’ last known movements or about the circumstances on Hollenden Drive that night?