Hakimye Chavares Bethea was 20 when he was shot multiple times and killed on the night of July 22, 2022, at the Maple Crest Apartments on Lee Garden Lane in Asheville, North Carolina. The Asheville Police Department received reports of a gunshot wound at 11:09 p.m.; Buncombe County EMS treated him but he succumbed to his injuries. His death was recorded as the city’s 11th homicide of 2022.

Born September 14, 2001, Hakimye was remembered by family as a devoted father to his son Suhmeir Bethea and a caring son and brother who often helped his siblings. The investigation is ongoing; police say they have been following leads and speaking with witnesses, but no arrests or public identifications of suspects have been announced.

Does anyone have information about the shooting or saw activity around Maple Crest Apartments that night?