Tyquez Elfthaniel Mann, a 20-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 25, 2017, in Raleigh, North Carolina. The incident occurred in the 2000 block of Bowman Lane, where Raleigh police discovered two men with gunshot wounds around 3:15 p.m. Both men were transported to WakeMed, along with another man who had been driven to the hospital in a private vehicle.
Unfortunately, Tyquez Elfthaniel Mann succumbed to his injuries, while the other two men sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Following the shooting, Raleigh police charged two individuals with murder. Elaton Omar White Jr., 24, and James Keavon McCallum, 16, were apprehended and charged with murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. The suspects were involved in a separate shooting on Interstate 40 in Raleigh near Gorman Street later that evening. The driver of a vehicle sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound before running off the road and crashing. White and McCallum, who were passengers in the vehicle, fled the scene but were later found and arrested.
The investigation into the shooting revealed that the shots that injured the driver on I-40 came from another car. Raleigh police combed the neighborhood after the initial shooting on Bowman Lane, seeking information and witnesses to piece together the events leading to Tyquez Elfthaniel Mann's death. The case garnered significant attention, and authorities urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.
Tyquez Elfthaniel Mann's death left a profound impact on his family and the community. He was preceded in death by his father, Marlon Aparicio, and grandmother, Rosa Lasiouxx. He is survived by his mother, Lee A. Smith, and his brother, David W. Robinson Jr., among other relatives. The tragic loss of this young man serves as a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of gun violence and the importance of community efforts to prevent such incidents in the future.
