Zachary Meares was 17 and a Lumberton Senior High School student when he was shot and killed on November 28, 2017, on West Broad Street in St. Pauls, Robeson County. The shooting happened between a Burger King and a BP gas station after a high-speed chase from Lumberton to 902 W. Broad St. Meares had been a passenger in a car and was trying to retrieve a sister’s cell phone from occupants of a pickup truck. After getting out of his vehicle he argued with those in the truck, attempted to force his way into it, climbed into the truck’s bed and tried to enter the cab through the back window. He was shot three times in the face.

Jason ONeil Bass, 17 at the time, was arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter and later sentenced to 48 to 70 months in prison for Meares’ death. Police did not release a motive. Friends and family said the sentence was too light and that justice remained incomplete in their view.

Did anyone who knew Zachary or who was in the St. Pauls area that night see the pickup truck or the chase leading up to W. Broad Street?