Byron Lamont Gainey, 35, was fatally shot on April 3, 2023, during an altercation at the Dollar Tree on the 1500 block of Glenn School Road in Durham, North Carolina. The shooting occurred shortly after 9 a.m. after a verbal dispute with a coworker escalated into violence. Gainey, a Durham resident and employee who had been promoted to manager after starting at the store in December 2022, was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.

A fellow employee, 42-year-old Durham resident Saquan Evans, was taken into custody at the scene and later charged with murder. Gainey’s wife, Tolulope Orenuga, and their six-month-old daughter survived him; Orenuga described shock and a desire for more information about what led to the shooting. The community mourned a worker described as friendly and well-liked; his funeral was held April 15, 2023, at Woodard Funeral Home Chapel in Greensboro, with interment at Lakeview Memorial Park.

What information can readers share about Byron, his time at the store, or the early-morning hours of April 3, 2023?