Alvin Parson, 23, a Black male from Monroe, North Carolina, was discovered shot to death on the morning of May 31, 2025, after deputies were called to a residence on Astoria Drive in the Indian Trail area of Union County. Hours earlier, a Monroe police officer had been wounded during a predawn vehicle stop and pursuit that began along Old Charlotte Highway; the officer survived.
Investigators would later connect these two scenes into a single, violent chain of events that started with the killing of Alvin Parson, 23, and cascaded across the county before dawn.
As Union County detectives processed the home where Alvin Parson, 23, was found, evidence quickly pointed to an 18-year-old suspect, Joshua Sikes. Authorities believe Sikes shot Alvin Parson, 23, before encountering police, then fled the homicide scene in the same vehicle that officers later tried to stop. After stop sticks ended the chase near Goldmine Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the suspect ran into the woods, lay in wait, and opened fire again; officers returned fire and killed him. The State Bureau of Investigation took over the shooting review, while the sheriff’s office continued the homicide probe into the death of Alvin Parson, 23.
In the weeks that followed, investigators traced a weapon used during the spree and arrested a man they said supplied illegal firearms connected to the case. Alejandro Figueroa-Bautista was taken into custody and booked on multiple counts, including possession of a machine gun and soliciting the unlawful purchase of a firearm. Officials said the charges stemmed from the broader investigation that began with the killing of Alvin Parson, 23, and the subsequent attacks on law enforcement. He was held at the Union County Detention Center on a substantial bond while the homicide case remained under investigation.
Community accounts and memorial records fixed the date and place in the public record: Alvin Parson, 23, was killed on May 31, 2025, in Union County, with regional outlets noting Monroe and Indian Trail as the intertwined settings of his final hours and the manhunt that followed. His name, age, and the stark details of the morning’s violence echoed through local reports and remembrances as detectives continued to piece together the moments leading up to his death.
