Brenton Tarell Samuels, 31, a Black man from Charlotte, North Carolina, died in the early morning hours of September 27, 2025. Just after 2 a.m., officers were called to the 8800 block of Hollow Creek Circle in the University City area, at an apartment community off Mallard Creek Road. When police arrived, they found Brenton Tarell Samuels, 31, with gunshot wounds; MEDIC pronounced him dead at the scene.
A second person wounded in the same shooting later reached a hospital and was reported to be in stable condition. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department identified the victim as Brenton Tarell Samuels, 31, and notified next of kin that he, a male victim, had died.
Detectives and crime scene technicians canvassed the apartment complex through the night, collecting evidence and speaking to residents. The case was assigned to the CMPD Homicide Unit, with Detective McCall named as the lead detective on the death of Brenton Tarell Samuels, 31. Police urged anyone with information about what happened to come forward as the investigation into the killing of Brenton Tarell Samuels, 31, continued.
Around two hours after the killing of Brenton Tarell Samuels, 31, officers working nearby responded to a separate shooting on East Independence Boulevard where three additional people were shot. Authorities did not indicate any connection between that incident and the killing of Brenton Tarell Samuels, 31. The morning's violence underscored a chaotic span of hours across the city while detectives focused on reconstructing the late-night gunfire that left Brenton Tarell Samuels, 31, dead at the University City apartments.
As of the most recent updates released by police and local news outlets, no arrests had been announced in the killing of Brenton Tarell Samuels, 31, and CMPD had not publicly identified any suspect or suspects. Investigators maintained that the case of Brenton Tarell Samuels, 31, remained open and active, and they continued to appeal for tips from witnesses or anyone with knowledge of the events that led to his death.
