Michael Leon Spears Jr. was 21 when he died after a shooting in Durham, North Carolina. He walked into a hospital with a gunshot wound just before midnight on October 27, 2022, underwent surgery, and succumbed to his injuries five days later on November 1, 2022.

The Durham Police Department opened an investigation but initially struggled to determine where the shooting occurred. On March 14, 2023, Karime Williams, 39, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with Spears’ death; Williams was already in custody on federal weapons charges tied to the investigation. The case remains under investigation and the community continues to mourn.

If anyone has information about the shooting or where it happened, please share it with investigators.