Hunter Bates was driving north on I-85 in Mecklenburg County on August 28 around 3:30 p.m. when he was shot in the back of the neck. His car rolled down an embankment, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Bates' girlfriend, Kaydence Benoit, was in the passenger seat during the shooting.

"We got on the interstate. Not even seconds [later], Jason got beside us," Benoit said. "I didn't even hear anything. Literally the last thing I remember is waking up like this, looking around."

Benoit said the shooting changed her life forever.

"I miss my best friend. I miss my partner that I was with everyday. He took my future from me," Benoit said.

State police identified Jason Glidewell as the suspect wanted for Bates' murder. According to Bates' parents, the two men knew each other and didn't

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