Gavin Dozier was 17 when he was shot and killed on November 12, 2020, in the parking lot of the Walmart in Monkey Junction on Carolina Beach Road in Wilmington, North Carolina. A student at Cape Fear Center for Inquiry and New Hanover High School, he was described as quiet, fond of animals, and enthusiastic about cars. Deputies responded to a call of shots fired around 4 p.m. and found Gavin with gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital where he later died.

Gavin had gone to the Walmart that afternoon to purchase a gun from Thomas Duran and Laron Lee Carter. Duran, then 18, and Carter, then 22, were charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon. Duran was alleged to have been driving Carter’s car with Gavin in the passenger seat and Carter in the backseat when the shooting occurred. Two women, Taytum Herrick and Hailey Berardi, were charged with accessory after the fact for allegedly helping cover up the shooting.

What details about that afternoon or those involved might help bring further clarity to what happened?