Mushad Gary was 18 when he was found with a gunshot wound to the head on the front porch of a house on Second Street in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on August 17, 2015. He was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, and died the following day.

Police say Jamie G. Rouse, a 17-year-old from Elizabeth City, shot Mushad. Rouse was arrested after Mushad was found; charges were originally for attempted murder and related offenses but were upgraded to murder after Mushad’s death and a conference with the district attorney. The district attorney’s office was pursuing a first-degree murder charge.

Mushad’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Moore, Sr., and his siblings survived him, and the community held a Celebration of Life at Evangelical Methodist Church in Elizabeth City. If anyone has information about what happened that night on Second Street, submit tips to local law enforcement.