In the early morning hours of February 7, 2026, the life of 28-year-old Eric Alex Short Jr. was tragically cut short in Weldon, North Carolina. A resident of nearby Roanoke Rapids, the young man's body was discovered lying in a roadway on East Eleventh Street at approximately 3:26 a.m.
When deputies from the Halifax County Sheriff's Office and Halifax County EMS personnel arrived at the scene, they confirmed that Short was deceased. Preliminary observations indicated that he had sustained
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