On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2016, Paul Shane Pearce, 28, was one of four people found shot to death inside a home on Banks Lane East in Wilson, North Carolina. The other victims were his mother, Tammy Lynette Pearce, 54; Tammy’s boyfriend, Selby Gene Outland, 47; and Paul’s fiancée, Dominique Nicole Privette, 23. An elderly family member discovered the bodies around 1 p.m. The victims were in different rooms and all were wearing pajamas.

Paul Shane Pearce was found lying face up on the kitchen floor with a gunshot wound to the back of his neck. Dominique Privette was on a mattress in the living room with nine gunshot wounds to her neck, back, chest and arms. Tammy Pearce was in the bedroom with gunshot wounds to her head and clavicle, and Selby Outland was found behind the bathroom door with gunshot wounds to his head and right arm. Neighbors reported hearing gunshots around 1 a.m., the front door had been kicked in, and 9mm and .38-caliber casings at the scene suggested at least two shooters.

A suspect, Dereck Eugene Harris, was charged in August 2017, but those charges were dropped in February 2020 after witnesses proved uncooperative and evidence was described as circumstantial.

If anyone knew the victims, observed activity near Banks Lane East that night, or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.