Eric Dwayne Buckner, 25, was fatally shot in his Lawton, Oklahoma apartment on Sunday, October 30, 2016. A 2012 Lawton High School graduate who was studying at Cameron University with plans to become an X-ray technician, he was remembered by family and friends as outgoing, caring and ambitious. He was the father of a son, Emari Nathaniel Buckner, and is survived by an extended family who described him as devoted and generous.

The Lawton Police Department opened a homicide investigation and initially announced it was searching for suspects. Details about what led to the shooting have not been made public, and there have been no public announcements of arrests or identified suspects. The family continues to await answers about what happened that night.

If anyone has information about Eric’s death or was in his neighborhood in Lawton on October 30, 2016, please come forward to investigators.