On July 24, 2024 at about 10:25 a.m., officers from the Albemarle Police Department responded to a reported shooting in the 1400 block of North Sixth Street in Albemarle, North Carolina. Investigators found 18-year-old Dy’Zavious Izayah Bivens deceased at the scene. Bivens was a recent graduate of Stanly Academy and is remembered by his family and community.

Detectives identified two 18-year-old suspects, Damani Jacquez Wall of Albemarle and Jamie Jermaine Mack of Kannapolis, and said the people involved were known to each other. Wall turned himself in on July 26 and was initially booked on assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury; his charges were later upgraded to first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery. Mack was arrested on August 15 in Buffalo, New York, by the U.S. Marshal North Carolina Regional Fugitive Task Force and faced similar charges.

The Albemarle Police Department continues to investigate. If anyone has information that could help the investigation, please contact the department or the anonymous tip line.