19-year-old Thailek Jacob Willis was found in a car in the parking lot of Edgewood High School suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper torso and later died at a local hospital. 15-year-old Jaylin Jerome Brown and 16-year-old Yasin Wallace Powell were later charged with murder and armed robbery as they each were accused of shooting the victim in after attempting to rob him during a drug deal. Brown was found guilty and convicted of second-degree murder, first-degree assault, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony or violent crime, and the possession of a firearm by a person under age 21 and Powell plead guilty to armed robbery and use of a handgun in a felony and was sentenced to 20 years in prison with all but five years suspended.
