A Local Mother Sent Her Son A Message Of Love Moments Before He Was Murdered, Now She Demands Justice For His Killer

GASTONIA, NC. — The last text Christina Michaels sent to her oldest son on March 22nd: “I love you anyways.”

“That was at 5:18 when I sent that last text at about 5:40 I was stuck in traffic on I-77 on my way to pick up a car and I got a phone call that he had been shot in the face, that’s all we knew at the time that he had been shot in the face,” says Michaels.

Police say 19-year-old Uriah McCree was driving on I-85 South at Edgewood Road near Bessemer city during rush hour when he was shot. He was taken to the hospital where he died. Investigators are looking for a 2012 or later white dodge charger with dark tinted windows, spoiler, and possibly factory chrome times. They say it’s connected to McCree’s murder. Michaels says her son was a new father and his baby just took its first steps.

“He was a mama‘s boy. He was a new father who loved his baby boy so very much. This time last year we were getting ready for a baby, we’ve already buried my baby.”

The heartbroken mother is pleading for anyone with information about her son’s murder to come forward.

If you have any information about this case, call Gastonia Police. No arrests have been made.