Preston Nicholson, a 44-year-old African American man, was shot multiple times on September 1, 2018, while driving his Volvo on Brookshire Boulevard in Charlotte, North Carolina. The shooting occurred as he passed through the intersection with Lawton Road; his car veered off the road and he was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. He was unable to breathe on his own and later died of those injuries.

Investigators determined Nicholson and the shooter were traveling in separate vehicles on Brookshire Boulevard when the attack happened. A suspect, identified as 45-year-old Mortez Hurse, was arrested on April 15, 2021, during a traffic stop in Meridian, Mississippi, and charged with Nicholson’s murder; Hurse is awaiting extradition to North Carolina. Friends and family described Nicholson as down-to-earth and caring, a father, brother, uncle, and friend who loved children.

Who knew Preston or saw activity on Brookshire Boulevard around Lawton Road that afternoon?