In November of 2021, New Hanover County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a shots-fired call discovered Pearsall suffering from a gunshot wound at a local apartment complex located off of Piner Road near Monkey Junction.
Law enforcement believed Pearsall’s shooting to be gang-related. At the court hearing Monday morning, prosecutors said Tate and his co-defendant, Regina Michelle Davis, are associated with the gang Thrax.
While reviewing the facts of the case, prosecutor Sean Spiering said Tate wore an ankle monitor during that time, and that investigators extracted data from the monitor confirming Tate’s presence at the scene around the time of the shooting…