Duane Bouvier Oates, 55, of Shelby, North Carolina, was shot and killed after leaving a house party around midnight on May 15, 2019. He was born November 11, 1963, in Cleveland County and was buried May 20, 2019, at Washington Missionary Baptist Church cemetery in Shelby.

Police reports state Oates got into an altercation on Lineberger Street with Jordan Oneil Hosch, 26, and Naikeira Jeanai McIntosh, 21. Hosch and McIntosh were arrested the next day at a home in Gaston County and charged with first-degree murder; Hosch also faced a count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The gun used was not recovered. Prosecutors introduced police video at trial showing Hosch exiting a truck and shooting Oates twice before fleeing with McIntosh; McIntosh’s account to police changed after the footage emerged.