he is not dead?
That is what I am thinking but it would be certain if his face was drawn in the end. The end felt like (for me) there is this ambiguity that made me confused on what to believe. In the end, I chose to believe that he is alive because they showed that a metal plate was used to protect him from the bullet. But another interpretation is that he actually died because there is this feel in the last panels that it could be Shell`s imagination and to add to that, his face was not drawn so it is up to the reader what to see.
When Shell shot him, he had put a piece of metal under his shirt where he shot him at. So yes, he survived. And he is living in the area where his parents hid away at and Shell was going to see him (which is also why Reign stated that he needed more of the special ingredient for the perfume. (i.e. Eric's pheromones.))
I hope they could have shown his face at the end T T