Ronald Neville, 53, a male from Charlotte, was found shot to death on the evening of October 10, 2025, inside a room at the Motel 6 on Wallingford Street, a property at 4825 Wallingford that sits near Nations Crossing Road in south Charlotte. Officers were dispatched around 5:32 p.m.; MEDIC pronounced him dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds as detectives launched a homicide investigation in the 4800 block of Wallingford.
The motel address aligns with the location described by police and local reports, placing the killing inside the Airport South Motel 6.
Investigators say the attack was a brief, violent break-in: three men forced their way into Neville’s room, gunfire erupted within seconds, and one suspect fled carrying a backpack that wasn’t his when he entered. Court and arrest documents describe the stolen bag as holding about $100 worth of items, and surveillance footage captured the suspects’ movements before and after the shooting.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police identified 32-year-old Ronnie Fewell as a suspect and arrested him the following week. He is charged with felony murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and felony conspiracy in connection with Neville’s death, and he is being held without bond. Police have indicated that multiple people were involved in the break-in, and the investigation has continued as detectives work to identify additional suspects tied to the crime at the motel.
Public records and local coverage place the scene specifically at the Motel 6/Studio 6 complex on Wallingford Street, corroborating the CMPD’s initial release about a homicide investigation at that block on October 10. Community memorial pages list Neville by name and age, confirming the date and city of the killing.
