Larry Bud Alexander Settle Jr., 25, of Eden, North Carolina, was found outside a home in the 600 block of Anderson Street about 12:20 a.m. on April 26, 2016, having succumbed to apparent gunshot wounds. The Eden Police Department treated the death as a homicide and opened an investigation.

Police arrested 37-year-old Rontae Devore Hayes of Greensboro; he was charged with first-degree murder and taken into custody by the Greensboro Police Department at a Fewell Road residence, then held at the Rockingham County Jail without bond. Authorities obtained warrants to search the home and a car on the premises and asked anyone with information to come forward.

Settle was described as well known in his community, with many friends and family mourning his death. Does anyone who knew Larry Bud Settle or who was in the area that night have information that could help the investigation?