On the morning of October 13, 2025, Dwanneich Hammonds, a 45-year-old woman from Charlotte, was found shot inside the parking garage of the Hazel SouthPark Apartments on Barclay Downs Drive. Officers were called just before 7 a.m., and she was rushed to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries; she later died. Police identified her the following day, noting that the shooting occurred in the SouthPark area, not far from the mall that anchors the neighborhood.
The scene rattled residents in the upscale complex, where neighbors described the discovery and early-morning response as police flooded the garage. Authorities have not disclosed a motive or circumstances leading up to the gunfire, and officials emphasized that details would be limited while detectives worked the case.
As of October 26, 2025, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have announced no arrests and have named no suspects publicly. Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact the homicide unit or Crime Stoppers, a plea repeated in local coverage following the identification of the victim.
Hammonds’ death adds to the year’s homicide toll documented by local trackers and community memorials that mark lives lost to gun violence. Her name, age, and date of death appear on publicly maintained remembrances, underscoring both the personal loss and the still-open investigation into who carried out the shooting in the SouthPark garage that morning.
