In July 2021, there was a high-profile shooting at the home of George Taylor III, who served as the chief operating officer for TRU Colors, the now-defunct brewery with an anti-violence social mission founded by his father, George Taylor, Jr.
The shooting, which has come to be referred to as the “TRU Colors case,” left two people dead — Bri-yanna Williams and Kordrese Tyson — and another woman badly wounded. Not long after, three men were charged: Raquel Adams, Omonte Bell, and Dyrell Green.
The younger Taylor was home at the time, but claimed not to have witnessed anything. Deputies from the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office found Taylor hiding in a bathroom, where he had barricaded himself, armed with a shotgun and a handgun. Taylor initially allowed detectives to look at his phone, but later revoked that consent; NHCSO later got a search warrant and seized the phone…