In the pre-dawn hours of November 20, 2020, 24-year-old Akeem Lee Lyvers was shot in downtown Lexington near the 21C Hotel on Wrenn Court. He was taken to the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital with life-threatening injuries and did not survive.

Investigators identified 24-year-old Raekwon Burse as the primary suspect and publicly named him on December 18, 2020, warning he should be considered armed and dangerous. Burse was located in January 2021 after a joint effort by Lexington police and U.S. Marshals and was initially charged with murder along with additional counts including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, receiving a stolen gun, and drug trafficking offenses.

Those charges were later resolved when Burse pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and received an eight-year sentence; the murder and other charges were dismissed. If anyone was present near Wrenn Court that morning or has information about Akeem’s last movements, please share what was seen or heard.