John Clayton Carter, 41, was fatally shot on March 30, 2023, on North High Street in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Police investigated the incident as a homicide after what authorities described as a verbal altercation between Carter and another man that escalated into the shooting.

Within a day Harrisonburg police arrested 29-year-old Antoan Montail Baker and charged him with second-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony. A grand jury later indicted Baker on first-degree murder and the firearm count. Baker subsequently pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and the firearm offense and was sentenced to 33 years in prison.

If anyone witnessed the March 30 incident or has information about either man’s movements that day, please share what is known.