Detective William Henry Bill Weatherly, 36, was shot and killed on April 15, 1999, while attempting to serve a failure to appear warrant related to an alleged assault on an officer. Officers went to a home off Paschall Station Road near Wise in Warren County, North Carolina; a 19-year-old suspect, Lawrence Attaway, opened fire with a shotgun and struck Detective Weatherly in the face.

Attaway was later arrested and charged with first-degree murder, but was found incompetent to stand trial and committed to Dorothea Dix Mental Hospital in Raleigh. On June 15, 2015, the charges against Attaway were dropped due to his mental health status. Weatherly had been with the Warren County Sheriff’s Department about 15 months and was remembered by the community and his colleagues as well liked and respected.

Anyone who knew Detective Weatherly, the circumstances at Paschall Station Road, or has information about the case is asked to come forward.