On March 25, 2023, at about 7:44 p.m., deputies found 16-year-old Triston Dewayne Troop Chavis of Lumberton fatally shot on Sonya Drive near Maxton, North Carolina. The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office determined Chavis had been shot at the scene and opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators arrested two 15-year-old juveniles from Maxton on April 4, 2023; both were charged with first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and felony conspiracy. Their identities were not released because of their ages. They were held at the Cumberland Regional Juvenile Detention Center while the case proceeded.

Chavis was a student at Purnell Swett High School and was remembered by family as a sports enthusiast who liked football and baseball, riding his bike, caring for pit bull dogs, and playing PlayStation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office at 910-671-3170 or 910-671-3100. What can readers add about Triston or that area on March 25, 2023?