Edgar Medoza Picaco, 34, was shot and killed on June 25, 2018, at a residence on Grace Terrace Drive in Granite Falls, North Carolina. The shooting happened about 6:25 PM; Picaco was struck in the chest at close range, managed to reach a neighbor’s house for help, but died shortly after. The autopsy attributed his death to major internal trauma from the gunshot wound.

Investigators say the shooter was 39-year-old Michael Vincent Osborne, who had gone to collect a debt for money he had previously loaned to Picaco. The confrontation escalated and Osborne shot Picaco from a distance of less than two feet, then fled. The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office led the investigation with assistance from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the Hudson Police Department.

Osborne was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and later entered a guilty plea. He was sentenced to an active term of 27 to 33 years. He also pleaded guilty to felony flee to elude, driving while impaired, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm by a felon related to incidents in May 2017 and February 2018. Picaco’s family attended the plea and sentencing, saying he did not deserve to be killed and mourning the loss of a brother, father, and son.

Did anyone in the Granite Falls area know Edgar or have information about the events leading up to June 25, 2018?