On May 10, 2019, 19-year-old Royale Lexing, a Black/African American male, was shot and killed during a daytime shootout in Seattle’s Central District while with friends. He was taken in a private vehicle to Swedish Hospital Cherry Hill but was already dead on arrival. Two other people were wounded in the same exchange.

Family and community members remembered Lexing as a jokester with an infectious smile who was not involved in gangs and was preparing to start a new job. He had participated in a youth violence prevention program at Therapeutic Health Services and had been honored for progress he made. The Seattle Police Department increased patrols and the Gang Unit assisted investigators, who reviewed surveillance footage and interviewed witnesses, but the case went unsolved for over a year.

In November 2020, prosecutors charged three men — Davevion Irving, Jamier Porter, and Micah Bishop — with first-degree murder in Lexing’s death and attempted murder for the injured victims, with authorities saying the men were affiliated with different South Seattle gangs. Does anyone have information about Lexing, the shooting that afternoon, or the people involved?