In the early hours of March 5, 2023, Raleigh police responded to a shooting in the 3400 block of New Birch Drive, a commercial area near Rock Quarry Road. Officers found two people with gunshot wounds: 34-year-old David Chavis and an unidentified woman. Both were taken to a nearby hospital; Chavis later died of his injuries while the woman suffered non-life-threatening wounds and was expected to recover.

On March 15, 2023, 26-year-old Kyshaun Norrell of Oxford, North Carolina, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with Chavis’s death. Norrell had previous charges stemming from a double shooting nearly a decade earlier. Chavis, known as DJ to family and friends, was born November 29, 1988, in Vance County and is survived by his parents, Carrie Holden Cheek and David Chavis Sr., and his children Zalayshia, Lauryn, Ari, and Zayden. A funeral service and interment took place on March 15, 2023.

The investigation into the circumstances of the shooting remained ongoing. If anyone has information, contact Crimestoppers to report it anonymously.