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Eric Matthew Laird

Case from Cary, NC dated Jul 02, 2023

Victim Details

Eric Matthew Laird

Male

White / Caucasian

Cary

NC

2023-07-02

30

Eric

Matthew Laird

08/10/2026

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Eric Matthew Laird was 30 years old, a White/Caucasian male, when he was shot and killed in Cary, North Carolina, on July 2, 2023. Although the initial description associated him with Cary, police and later court records identified Laird as being from Lacey, Washington. The circumstances that eventually emerged through the criminal case showed that Laird had traveled to North Carolina to spend the weekend with William Jameson Reece Atkins, a friend he had known through their service in the Unite ...
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  • CBS17.com: 1 arrested after deadly shooting at Cary apartment complex, police say
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