Demaryae Dequan Hill-Young, a 17-year-old student at Lincoln High School, was shot and killed in the early hours of September 14, 2024. Dallas police say officers responded about 2:35 a.m. to the 2800 block of Burger Avenue and found Hill-Young with fatal gunshot wounds; Dallas Fire-Rescue pronounced the teen dead at the scene.

An arrest warrant affidavit states 22-year-old Rashad Earl Mayes was at the same Burger Avenue residence that night. Mayes allegedly entered a bedroom where Hill-Young had gone to rest and multiple children, ages 7 and 13, were asleep, then shot Hill-Young in the head. Children in the home reported waking to find Mayes standing over the bed and say he threatened them before leaving. A 15-year-old witness also reported an encounter in which Mayes warned him not to snitch and to control his siblings.

Mayes surrendered to authorities on September 19, 2024, and was charged with murder and held on $1 million bond. The investigation remains ongoing. Does anyone have information about Hill-Young, the residence on Burger Avenue, or that night?