Michael Dewayne Connor Jr., 35, was found dead of a gunshot wound in a parking lot off Freeland Drive in Salisbury, North Carolina, on the evening of March 3, 2022. Police and first responders attempted lifesaving measures at the scene but he was pronounced dead. He was born December 22, 1986, in Salisbury, the son of Michael Connor Sr. and Sharon Myers, attended North Rowan High School, worked as an assembler at LAD Merchandise and was a member of Solid Rock Church of God. Family and friends remember him as a son, father, brother and nephew.

The Salisbury Police Department, assisted by state and local agencies, opened a homicide investigation. The shooting occurred just before 9 p.m. in a shopping-center parking lot; photos of a person of interest were released 11 days later. Few other public details about the investigation are available.

If anyone has information about Michael’s death or the events that evening, please share what is known with Salisbury police.