In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, September 19, 2021, a man was found dead in the street at the intersection of Vanzie Street and Rance Drive in Brookhaven, Mississippi. The victim was identified as 23-year-old Tarvauirs Lyons, who had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was sent for autopsy to officially determine cause of death.

Brookhaven police quickly opened a homicide investigation and identified a primary suspect, 23-year-old Zayrick Keune Taylor, known on the streets as Juice. A warrant was issued charging Taylor with murder and warning he was considered armed and dangerous. Taylor was captured the next day, Monday, September 20, after a multi-county high-speed chase that began in Pike County and ended in Walthall County.

Following Taylor’s arrest, several other people were charged in connection with the case. Alisia Sims, 28, was arrested on charges of hindering prosecution and rendering assistance to a felon; authorities said Taylor had been fleeing in her vehicle and she was with him at the time of arrest. Chase Anthony Wallis, 28, of Youngsville, Louisiana, was arrested on charges of kidnapping and intimidating a witness. On Tuesday, September 28, 23-year-old Okeria Aerion Combs was arrested on a charge of electronic harassment amounting to witness intimidation. Does anyone have information about Tarvauirs Lyons or the events that night?