Juwan Young was 22 when he was shot dead on November 28, 2016, at the Happy Mart in Whiteville, North Carolina. Witnesses say Young was sitting in a car by the gas pumps when someone in a blue Ford fired multiple shots; he suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators ultimately identified Corey Tashombae Hines as the shooter. Hines and Taquay Newkirk were arrested together on December 21, 2017, in a mobile home in rural Bladen County. Prosecutors presented witness testimony and surveillance footage tying Hines and Newkirk to a string of violent incidents in the weeks before Young’s death, including an earlier November 26, 2017, shooting at the Saw Mill Apartments in which Hines allegedly fired at a BMW belonging to Deron Blanks.

The trial that began August 30, 2022, ran 12 days; Hines was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole, and Newkirk was convicted as an accessory and given a lengthy prison term. If anyone knew Juwan or saw activity around the Happy Mart that night, please share what can help fill gaps in the timeline.