Suspect in Raleigh double shooting was charged with murder as a teen

Raleigh police have charged a 26-year-old man with killing a man in a double shooting this month, police announced Wednesday night.

Kyshaun Norrell is charged with murder in the death of 34-year-old David Chavis early on the morning of March 5, according to a news release.

At 1:19 a.m. that day, the Raleigh Police Department responded to a shooting in the 3400 block of New Birch Drive, just south of the Raleigh Beltline.

Officers found Chavis seriously injured and a woman with a non-life-threatening wound, the news release stated. Both were taken to a hospital, where the man died.

The News & Observer asked if Norrell is also charged with shooting the woman or if he faces other additional charges in the incident. A police spokesperson said in an email late Thursday afternoon that information is part of their ongoing investigation.

Previous manslaughter conviction

In 2014, Norrell was accused of shooting Quincy Gregory, 29, and Amil Davis, 33, in a school parking lot on West Rockspring Street in Henderson, according to media reports.

Gregory died of his injuries. Davis was treated at a nearby hospital and released.

At the time, Norrell was charged with first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, the reports say.

Norrell was convicted of manslaughter in 2017, according to N.C. Department of Public Safety records. He served seven years and three months in prison and was released from post-release supervision in 2021, the records show.

Police ask anyone who may have information on the March 5 incident to contact Crimestoppers at 919-996-1193 or www.p3tips.com/89 for anonymous reporting options.

This story was originally published March 16, 2023 at 8:15 AM.