On July 7, 2026, 34-year-old Terrill Coltrane Gilmore was shot at about 3 p.m. at the Greenview Meadows Apartments on Greenview Drive in Gastonia, North Carolina. Officers found Gilmore with a gunshot wound and he was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.

Police identified a suspect the next day: Gilmore’s 45-year-old uncle, James Edward Lewis II, who was located at the Hudson Landings Apartments and surrendered without resistance while holding his 3-year-old child. Authorities say the shooting followed a dispute over money. Prosecutors say Lewis threatened his nephew beforehand, and multiple witnesses, including family members, told police Lewis opened the door, drew a gun and shot Gilmore. Lewis was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon and was ordered held without bond.

Several children were at the scene, including Lewis’s three- and eight-year-olds and Gilmore’s 14-year-old son. Does anyone have information about the events at Greenview Meadows that afternoon?