Thomas Louis Beatty Jr., 52, was shot and killed on January 13, 2017 in northwest Charlotte. Officers answered a call about 4:30 p.m. and found Beatty lying in a yard on Morning Breeze Lane with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead. Investigators say Beatty and his assailant knew one another and that the shooting is believed to have been drug-related. The slaying was the city’s seventh homicide of 2017.

No arrests have been announced and authorities, including Crime Stoppers, are asking the public for information to help solve the case. If anyone has details about Beatty, the location on Morning Breeze Lane, or people connected to him around January 13, 2017, contact investigators.?