Shortly before 1 a.m. on January 1, 2023, Sampson County deputies responded to reports of gunfire on Darkwood Lane in Clinton, North Carolina. Three people were shot during a disturbance; 19-year-old Tizhaildeil Mucie Simmons of Stetson Street was mortally wounded and died while being transported to Sampson Regional Medical Center by a friend. Two others, 29-year-old Lykheim Simmons and 23-year-old Marquese Moore, suffered minor injuries and were treated at the hospital.

Authorities did not release details about relationships between the victims or what led to the shooting. The Sampson County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation to identify the shooter or shooters and determine a motive; no arrests were announced immediately after the incident. Simmons was born August 31, 2003, and was survived by his mother Miranda Bryant, father LeRandell Terrance Simmons, siblings, and grandmothers Ethel Marshall and Ida Mae Simmons. A funeral was held January 18, 2023, at Little Piney Grove Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.

Does anyone from Clinton have information about what happened on Darkwood Lane that night?