On August 10, 2023, 22-year-old Jeraun William Spencer was found dead in a wooded area off McKinney Road in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Law enforcement determined Spencer had been fatally shot while inside a vehicle traveling along Haywood Road in West Asheville during the early morning hours of August 10, and the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation.

On August 16, 2023, 25-year-old Javorie Ammon Thompson of Durham was arrested during a vehicle stop on Interstate 40 by the Black Mountain Police Department and charged with second-degree murder; he is being held at the Buncombe County Detention Facility on a $500,000 bond. That same day, 25-year-old Malik Raheim Dashawn Young of Arden was taken into custody and charged with felony accessory after the fact.

Spencer’s mother, Rasonna LaPierre-Brown, has publicly appealed for information and said her son had once warned that someone close to him might be involved. The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, working with the Asheville Police Department and other agencies, has asked anyone with information to call 828-250-6670.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything on the morning of August 10 that might help the investigation?