Marquese Antonio Nicholson, 25, was found dead in the driver’s seat of his vehicle on Gavintown Road in Lumberton, North Carolina, on January 18, 2016. Responding officers discovered he had been shot multiple times; the incident was reported at about 12:24 a.m. The Lumberton Police Department has classified the death as a homicide and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation has been involved in the inquiry.

Marquese was born September 12, 1991, to Curtis Jerome Nicholson and Felicia Dockery. He was a father to two young sons, Zayon A. Nicholson and Zylik A. Nicholson, and was remembered for his bright smile, warm embrace, and interests in music and car shows. His death occurred almost a year after the unsolved February 27, 2015, shooting death of his grandmother, Mary Thompson, in Lumberton; no connection between the two cases has been established.

No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. Anyone with information is asked to come forward.