John Ross Kissam

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ROBESON COUNTY, NC- The family of a Robeson County man is searching for answers after someone gunned him down outside of his home near Fairmont on July 15, 2012.

The shooting happened Sunday evening on Harrington Rd, as 29-year-old John Ross Kissam was walking toward his home.

Kissam’s mother, Tammie Armstrong, said her son had just returned from a race and came to her home to hand a set of keys to his father.

Armstrong said Kissam then walked toward his house next door, and before he was able to make it inside, someone opened fire.

Kissam’s family said they can’t understand why anyone would want to harm him, especially consdering his loving nature and reputation around town.

“Everybody that knew John Ross, he always had a smile, he never complained, if there was anything that he could ever do for anybody, he was always offering to do what he could do. He was loved so much by so many people,” Armstrong said.

Though investigators are releasing few details in the case, Kissam’s family are taking some matters into their own hands and are offering up to a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of his killer.

“I don’t know why… everybody has asked why… because John Ross, he had no enemies, he had so many friends but John Ross did not have an enemy,” Armstrong said.

“It has just broken this community because we can’t understand why,” she continued.

Kissam, who loved the outdoors and worked in road construction with his father, Hubert, had an easy smile and a kind disposition, Armstrong said.

“What had upset the family and everybody that knew him is the way he died,” Armstrong said. “He was killed in a way that was heartless.”

An ad offering the reward and calling for information is being published in The Robesonian, and a Facebook page will be established in Kissam’s memory, Armstrong said. She said more than 2,000 fliers are being distributed throughout the surrounding community.

“It’s like a dream, where I’m going to wake up and he’s going to come through the door,” Armstrong said.

Armstrong said Kissam, who attended Fairmont High School, lived next door to his father and less than a mile from where he was raised, at a home on N.C. 904. His 25-year-old sister, Ashley Faulk, said Kissam was “her keeper;” his brother Dustin, 22, called Kissam his best friend.

She said more than 600 people attended his funeral.

“He was just everybody’s best friend,” Armstrong said. “… I’m reaching out to the community for help, because I don’t know who would do such a thing … I know the pain is still going to be there, but at least I’ll know that whoever did this is paying for it.”

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