New Hanover County Sheriff Sid Causey said Wednesday that he doesn't know yet whether three deputies followed proper procedures when they shot and killed Peyton Strickland, left, a Cape Fear Community College student from Durham.

Peyton Strickland's mourners recall a fun-loving free spirit.

The roommate of Peyton Strickland is the third man charged in the case. Strickland was killed on Friday by New Hanover County sheriff's deputies investigating the theft of video game systems.

Poses with guns prompt suspicions.

Police found snapshots on the Internet of a man they suspected to be Peyton Strickland's robbery partner posing with what appeared to be an assault rifle, pistols and a shotgun.

Peyton Strickland was gunned down by New Hanover County sheriff's deputies who came to his house Friday night to search for PlayStation 3 machines stolen from Justin Raines after he was attacked outside his dorm three weeks before.

A teenager from Durham was killed at the house where he lived in Wilmington on Friday night as officers investigating the theft of two PlayStations arrived to search the house, authorities said.