Malcom Jerome Melvin, a 23-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on October 28, 2014, at a mobile home on Sammy Lane in a park off N.C. 242 south of Elizabethtown, North Carolina. Authorities say the shooting happened shortly before 2:30 a.m. when Melvin opened his front door after loud knocking. Twelve rounds were fired into the home from a 9-millimeter handgun and a .45 caliber firearm; one struck Melvin in the head and killed him instantly.

His girlfriend and a child were in the residence at the time and were not injured. Detectives recovered a cell phone belonging to Twasjay Roddreek Brown and a wallet with identification for Ernest Raysean Gray near the scene. Both Brown, 23, of Elizabethtown, and Gray, 26, of Clarkton, were later convicted of first-degree murder; each received life without parole and were also found guilty of firing into an occupied property, and Brown was convicted of possession of a firearm by a felon.

Does anyone have information about Melvin’s life in Elizabethtown or witnessed activity around Sammy Lane that night?