Jason Ray Tyner, a 40-year-old Caucasian man, was killed on October 3, 2017, in the Gray’s Creek community of Cumberland County, North Carolina. Authorities say Garrett Jordan Vann, a 32-year-old Air Force veteran, fired a 12-gauge shotgun into the vehicle Tyner was riding in on Nash Road near Butler Nursery Road; Tyner was struck in the head and died.

Reports describe the motive as domestic-related and tied to a love triangle. Vann was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle and was held without bond at the Cumberland County Detention Center. Investigators on the scene included nearly a dozen deputies who worked into the night gathering evidence.

Vann’s background noted past homelessness, estrangement from family, struggles with drug addiction, prior felony charges, service in Afghanistan, and completion of the Veterans Treatment Court program in April 2016. The case raised questions about how those factors intersected with the fatal shooting.

If anyone knew Jason Tyner, his movements that day, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.