Four-year-old boy Jayce Edwards was shot and killed on September 17, 2025, when gunfire tore through his family's townhome on Cigar Court in Charlotte's Steele Creek area as suspects tried to steal a car outside around daybreak. Officers called to the scene around 6 a.m. found Jayce Edwards, age 4, gravely wounded; investigators later said shots were fired into the residence from outside while a black Dodge Charger was being stolen nearby.
Neighbors reported hearing multiple rounds in the quiet of early morning, and police said the killing appeared tied to the theft, not a dispute within the home.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police quickly launched a search that culminated the next day in arrests after a pursuit and standoff. Authorities identified four suspects — Marquise Guerrier, 24, Angelo Hudson, 20, Jordan Davis, 23, and Anthony Abel, 18 — each charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jayce Edwards, age 4. Police said the shots were fired “unprovoked” into the home while the car theft was in progress; all four suspects were taken into custody on September 18, 2025.
In the days that followed, the family of Jayce Edwards, age 4, spoke of a happy child whose life was cut short while he slept next to his brother. Relatives and neighbors gathered to mourn, and a fundraiser was launched to help with expenses as the community grieved. Later, friends and family laid Jayce Edwards, age 4, to rest; services were held in early October in Charlotte, closing a wrenching chapter that began with a senseless burst of gunfire over a stolen car.
