Samil Bates was 28 when he was shot and killed on March 27, 2015, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Police were called about 9:30 PM to the 3700 block of Pauline Lane and found Bates in a driveway with an apparent gunshot wound; he was taken to Carolinas Medical Center and pronounced dead. Two other people were injured in the incident and were taken to the same hospital by a friend, one with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and another with a leg injury.

Investigators say an argument inside the home led to the shooting and that all parties knew one another, so police classified it as not a random act. Detective Brewington was the lead detective and the homicide investigation was ongoing. Bates is survived by his parents Ecotrel Perry Jr. and Juanita Bates Perry, siblings Corey Bates and Jasmyne Turner, and two daughters, Isis Milan Bates and Liana Sky Bates; family and friends remembered his big smile.

If anyone has information about the shooting on Pauline Lane, contact the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers.