Jan Keneth Meza Figueroa, 18, a male of Hispanic/Latino heritage, was found shot multiple times in the early morning darkness of September 7, 2025, in north Charlotte. Officers were called around 2:45 a.m. to Atando Avenue, where three people had been struck by gunfire; Jan Keneth Meza Figueroa was pronounced dead at the scene, while two other victims survived their wounds, one with life-threatening injuries.
The stillness of the industrial corridor gave way to blue lights and the tight choreography of a homicide response as detectives marked casings, cordoned the block, and began the slow work of reconstructing what had unfolded before dawn.
By September 9, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department publicly identified the victim as Jan Keneth Meza Figueroa, 18, and assigned the case to the North Tryon Division's Homicide Unit. Appeals for information went out to the community, urging anyone who had seen or heard something to contact detectives directly or submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers. Neighborhood chatter did not immediately yield clarity—no argument traced to a single spark, no feud plainly tied to the spray of bullets—and the official notices emphasized that the investigation remained active.
Authorities have not announced any arrests in the killing of Jan Keneth Meza Figueroa, 18, nor have they publicly identified any suspect or suspects connected to the shooting on Atando Avenue. Local coverage in the days that followed tracked the case alongside a separate, unrelated fatal shooting across town that same night, a parallel thread that underscored a city grappling with overlapping investigations but offered no new suspects or charges in this one. Memorial pages recorded the loss and the date—September 7, 2025, Charlotte, North Carolina—while police updates continued to ask for tips as detectives worked to determine who opened fire and why.
