Jeremiah Gonzalez, 16, a male of Hispanic/Latino descent, went to a friend’s sleepover in northwest Charlotte and never made it home. In the predawn hours of Sunday, September 21, 2025, friends told police they were hanging out and playing video games at a house on East Todd Lane when a 20-year-old guest, Yosue Ramos, began showing off guns he’d brought to the gathering.
An affidavit later described Ramos picking up a silver Smith & Wesson from a bedroom dresser, pointing it toward Gonzalez, and firing—striking the teenager in the face. MEDIC rushed Gonzalez from the scene with life-threatening injuries as officers converged on the 400 block of East Todd Lane to secure the house and interview the young witnesses.
Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit took over as the gravity of the shooting became clear. According to CMPD, Ramos was located and arrested the same day as the incident. Initial charges included Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill or Inflict Serious Injury and Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, while investigators processed the scene and gathered statements. In court records reported by local media, a teen who lived at the home said Ramos had a habit of pointing unloaded guns at friends and pulling the trigger; this time, the weapon wasn’t empty.
Gonzalez fought for days in the hospital, but on Wednesday, September 25, he died of his injuries. With his death, CMPD reclassified the case as a homicide and upgraded the charges against Ramos to murder. Police publicly identified the victim, noted that next of kin had been notified, and asked anyone with additional information to contact detectives, citing case report 20250921-0341-02. Community pages and memorial sites began to appear online, reflecting the grief of friends and family as the investigation moved forward through the courts.
