On the night of November 28, 2021, deputies from the Accomack County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21000 block of Adams Road in Greenbush, Virginia after reports of gunfire and found 30-year-old Eric Gerard Ames, known as EZ, unresponsive in a yard. He was pronounced dead at the scene and investigators later determined he had been fatally shot. His body was sent to the Norfolk Medical Examiner’s Office to confirm the cause of death.

Ames was a graduate of Arcadia High School, remembered by family for his love of basketball and support for the New York Giants. He was the father of a son and a daughter. The Virginia State Police and local agencies assisted in the investigation, which remains open; no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Accomack County Sheriff’s Office to help bring answers for the family.