A North Carolina man is being remembered as “a beloved” husband and father with an “infectious smile” after he was shot and killed hours after getting married.
Local WXII reports that Tyrek Burton, 37, was shot and killed Saturday outside of the Barber Park Event Center in Greensboro, N.C.
Authorities have not publicly identified a suspect or a motive behind Burton’s killing, according to the outlet, and are asking for the public’s help tracking down his killer.
Burton was discovered in the parking lot of the events center. He was reportedly shot approximately 15 times, according to local outlets WRAL and WECT. Local WFMY reports that Burton died later Saturday night from his injuries.
“Why on the wedding day? Why him? Just why, why, why?” Burton’s sister-in-law Nysheria Holloway mourned in an interview with WRAL. “He stepped up to be a father figure in my two oldest nieces’ lives …. He moved them away from Roxboro, secured a stable job and was building a future with my sister.”
Holloway said Burton and her sister, Kiara Holloway, had been a couple for 16 years.
Burton’s cousin Keisha Satterfield launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to help Burton’s family with funeral costs and to provide support for his children.
Satterfield wrote her cousin was killed after marrying “the love of his life, on one of the happiest days of his life.”
“He was a beloved husband, father of four beautiful girls, brother and friend,” Satterfield wrote, adding that Burton was “known for his generosity, and infectious smile.”
