Nathan Andrew Clark was a 13-year-old from Lewisville, North Carolina, who died on November 14, 2014, while staying at a Comfort Suites hotel in Raleigh for a soccer tournament. He was asleep in his room when a bullet fired from an adjacent room penetrated the wall and struck him in the head. The shooting occurred at the Comfort Suites near the Beltline in east Raleigh.

The shooter, Randall Louis Vater of Knightdale, North Carolina, was in the adjacent room when his gun discharged. Vater had a long criminal history, including 28 prior convictions for offenses such as hit-and-run, communicating threats, assault on a female, breaking and entering, and multiple protective order violations. He had been released from Wake County jail less than a month before the shooting after serving seven months for violating a domestic violence protective order. Vater was charged with involuntary manslaughter; he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 11 to 15 years in prison.

Nathan was an eighth-grader at Calvary Baptist Day School in Winston-Salem and played varsity soccer. His mother, Valerie Clark, described in court the profound impact of his death, saying she felt broken, lonely, anxious and confused and that she struggles with anxiety and grief every day. If anyone knew Nathan, his travel plans that weekend, or saw anything at the hotel, please share what you know.