On a late summer afternoon, the life of 20-year-old Hunter Andrew Bates was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence on Interstate 85 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. On August 28, 2025, at approximately 3:47 p.m., the northbound lanes of the interstate near the five-mile marker became the scene of a fatal shooting. Hunter was pronounced dead at the scene after his Honda Civic was found in a culvert off the right side of the road. A female passenger in the vehicle was transported to a
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