Eric De’Sean Glenn, 30, was shot and killed on June 9, 2020, at the Incgo Express convenience store on Lowell Bethesda Road in Gastonia, North Carolina. He was in a car with Brittany McGraw and her two-year-old son when Marshawn Devon Sanders, 31, of Shelby, followed McGraw’s vehicle with his girlfriend, Ashley Abernathy, 38. Abernathy circled the parked car while Sanders fired multiple shots into it; one round struck Glenn in the chest and he died at the scene despite bystanders’ attempts to help. McGraw’s young son was nearly hit by a bullet but was not struck.

Sanders and Abernathy were arrested. Sanders was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle and possession of a firearm by a felon. Abernathy was charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder; she later pleaded guilty and received a sentence of approximately seven to ten years. Sanders was convicted on all counts after a weeklong trial and received life without parole. The case arose from repeated threats and harassment Sanders directed at his ex-girlfriend McGraw; several witnesses and the trial record described prior violent behavior and threats by Sanders toward McGraw and her family.

Did anyone know Eric or have additional information about what happened that day?