Julie Michelle Hamaker Bittner, 47, died on March 25, 2021, after being struck by a bullet during a road rage incident on Interstate 95 in Lumberton, North Carolina. She was traveling with her husband, Ryan D. Eberly, and later died at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. Julie was born October 24, 1973, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Michael and Linda Loose Hamaker of Manheim. She was married, a mother of six and a grandmother to one, and enjoyed family time, snowmobiling and prayer ministries.

Robeson County Sheriff’s Office investigators identified and arrested Dejywan R. Floyd; he was charged with first-degree murder and discharging a weapon into an occupied property. The arrest occurred the same day as Julie’s funeral. The shooting was described as a random act of violence that devastated her family and community.

Does anyone have information about the moments on I-95 that day or recalls seeing the vehicles involved?