On December 19, 2006, 18-year-old Xavier Z. Washington of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, was shot and killed at his home on Uncle Buddy Drive during a domestic dispute. The shooter was Samuel Junior Jackson, his mother’s boyfriend, who shot Xavier twice and then a third time after Xavier fell on his bed. Xavier’s mother, Jorie Washington, 43, was also killed in the same incident.

The shootings took place shortly after a police officer had left the residence following a report of verbal abuse by Jackson. Jackson, 55 at the time, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, later confessed to the killings, and pleaded guilty in exchange for a life sentence, avoiding the death penalty.

The community mourned the loss of Xavier and his mother. Does anyone have memories of Xavier or information about the family that could add context to what happened that night?