A North Carolina groom was shot and killed hours after attending his own wedding. Tyrek Burton, 37, was shot multiple times outside his wedding reception at Barber Park Events Center in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Saturday.
Burton was only married for about 7 hours before he was killed.
Witnesses say Burton was shot by a man who confronted him and demanded to know who had passed him at a nearby stop sign.
Burton’s sister, Brittany Burton said that her brother responded, “If I did, I’m sorry,” before the man opened fire, killing him in front of his new wife and his daughter.
“My brother didn’t know this man at all, They never met. He didn’t ask him what his name was. They never shook hands. This was a complete random stranger, and he shot him in cold blood,” Brittany said.
“I don’t understand how somebody that don’t know somebody from a can of paint could just come in and just do that,” she added.
Police say Burton was shot 15 times. The suspect fled the scene after the shooting. Authorities are still working to piece together the events that led to the shooting.
The Burton family celebrated a marriage and mourned the groom all in the same day. “It was supposed to be one of the happiest moments of his life and it turned into something tragic,” Brittany said.
Family members are pleading with the public to come forward with any information that might help identify the suspect.
“See something, say something. It’s real simple,” Brittany said. “There’s doorbell cameras out there matching the same description. Detectives are out there. I’m out there.”
Burton knew his bride, Kiara, for over a decade and he was a loving father to their two daughters. Burton also had two daughters from a previous relationship.
“I demand justice. I demand it, and I don’t want to wait years for it,” said Burton’s grieving mother, Carolyn Burton. “He waited 13 years to get his bride, and soon as he get his bride he couldn’t even take her home. It’s just not fair.”
