Eric Kentrall Staten was 18 when he was shot to death on July 30, 2014. His body was found just before 10 p.m. behind a set of trash bins in a shopping center parking lot on Ray Road in Spring Lake, North Carolina. Homicide investigators responded and police released a video clip showing an unidentified suspect driving through the parking lot; no arrests were announced at the scene.

On March 27, 2015, authorities arrested 20-year-old Nathaniel James Anthony Tearry of Fayetteville and charged him with first-degree murder in connection with Staten’s killing. Tearry was held without bond in the Harnett County Detention Center and was expected to make a first court appearance soon after. The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office asked the public for information that might assist the investigation.

If anyone knew Eric, witnessed the shooting, or has information about that night in the Ray Road shopping center parking lot, please come forward.