Shanta Maurice Lomax, 36, was shot and killed on June 23, 2014, in the 900 block of East Lafayette Street in Salisbury, North Carolina. Lomax, an African American man originally from Salisbury who was visiting from Alabama, was found by police lying behind an apartment building with gunshot wounds after officers responded to a call for gunshots. Salisbury Police Detectives treated the scene as a homicide.

No arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved. The investigation is listed as an open, active cold case with the Salisbury Police Department, which continues to seek information that could identify those responsible. If anyone has information about Lomax’s death or was in the area that night, please contact Salisbury Police.