Demetrius TaQuon Greene was an 8-year-old boy who was shot and killed in Wilmington, North Carolina, on February 17, 1997. The shooting also took the life of Tyrone Baker and followed a series of criminal incidents involving the shooter, Shan Carter.

That theft and subsequent confrontations — including a November 1996 incident in which Baker allegedly kidnapped and assaulted one of Carter’s associates, and an early February 1997 confrontation with another burglary victim, Keith Lamont Richardson — escalated into the fatal events of February 17. Carter was indicted for first-degree murder in both deaths, discharging a firearm into occupied property, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. In a February 2001 capital trial, Carter was found guilty on all counts and the jury recommended death for each murder.

Does anyone have further information about Demetrius Greene’s life or what happened in Wilmington leading up to that day?