Tyquan Mayo, 27, male, Black/African American, was shot and killed in broad daylight on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, on Conley Street in West Greenville, North Carolina. Officers responded around early afternoon after gunfire was reported, and they found the 27-year-old man fatally wounded outside a residence near a recreation area and playground. The street was closed for hours as detectives canvassed the block, collected shell casings, and interviewed neighbors shaken by the sudden burst of
shots. The city later confirmed one death at the scene and identified the victim as Tyquan Mayo, 27, of Greenville.
By that evening and into the next day, the investigation widened. Detectives brought in a large group of people for questioning, working to piece together how an afternoon dispute escalated into a fatal shooting in a residential corridor. In total, authorities questioned thirteen individuals as they traced movements along Conley Street and reconstructed the moments before the gunfire. Early accounts pointed to a conflict between two groups, though police said the precise motive had yet to be pinned down.
Within 24 hours, Greenville police announced arrests. Two teenagers—a 16-year-old identified as Jaylen Hines of Greenville and an unnamed 15-year-old—were taken into custody in connection with the killing of Tyquan Mayo, 27. Investigators said Hines would be charged as an adult. Both teens faced counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and discharging a weapon into an occupied property, reflecting not only the fatal shot that took the life of Tyquan Mayo, 27, but also the risk to others living along the block that afternoon.
In court, a Pitt County judge set a secured bond of $3 million for the 16-year-old defendant after prosecutors outlined the gravity of the charges and the danger posed during the shooting that killed Tyquan Mayo, 27. While the juvenile co-defendant’s proceedings were handled in the juvenile system, police reiterated that the investigation remained active, with analysts reviewing evidence gathered from the street and nearby residences. As the legal process moved forward, public records and funeral notices confirmed the identity and age of Tyquan Mayo, 27, and anchored the community’s grief to a date now fixed in local memory.
Authorities have not publicly announced a definitive motive, but they indicated early on that the shooting likely stemmed from a dispute between groups rather than a random attack. For the family of Tyquan Mayo, 27, and the neighbors who watched investigators comb the block, the arrests brought a measure of direction to the case even as questions lingered about the argument that erupted into gunfire and the minutes that led to a life ending on a summer afternoon in Greenville.
