Rickey Recardo Heckstall, a 35-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on November 26, 2017, in the Bolton community of North Carolina. The shooting happened early Sunday morning on Lizzie’s Drive; a 911 call came in shortly before 5 a.m. reporting a man with a gunshot wound. Heckstall was taken by a personal vehicle to the Domino’s Pizza on US 74 in Delco, then moved by ambulance to a hospital, where he later died.

At the time he was providing security at a club for a friend’s birthday party. He had several prior run-ins with law enforcement, but investigators say no connection has been drawn between those incidents and his death. His wife, Tamra Heckstall, was pregnant; the couple had married the previous Tuesday. Heckstall was the father of eight children. Detectives are awaiting autopsy results to confirm the exact cause of death; no arrests or suspects have been announced and no motive has been established.

If anyone in the community has information about what happened on Lizzie’s Drive that morning, please come forward.