Raymond Philip Kain V, known as Ray Ray, was 17 when he died in Wilmington, North Carolina, on March 9, 2017. A Hoggard High School student in ROTC who worked at Pizza Hut, he loved motorsports, mud racing, motorcycles, four-wheelers and animals. Born November 30, 1999, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was remembered as kind and hardworking.

Police initially responded to a reported collision on Sebrell Avenue and found Raymond lying in the roadway, but detectives later determined his fatal injury was a gunshot wound rather than injuries from a crash. Tyler Matthew Yee, 17 and described as Raymond’s best friend, was charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a minor. Prosecutors said Yee intentionally shot Raymond in the head and left him in the street; the defense argued the shooting was accidental and that the teens had been drinking. Security footage and audio reportedly captured Yee and another boy fleeing after the shot.

Raymond’s funeral was held March 16, 2017, at the Peacock – Newnam & White Funeral Home Chapel. Did anyone who knew Raymond or who was in the area that night see or hear anything that could help clarify what happened?