Zephaniah Adewale Little Rivers, a 23-year-old Black male, was found shot on the evening of October 27, 2025, along the 6100 block of South Boulevard near the Archdale light rail station in south Charlotte. Officers responding to an assault with a deadly weapon call discovered him by the Norfolk Southern train tracks with life-threatening injuries; he was transported to a hospital, where he died.
The location — steps from the Archdale stop on the Lynx Blue Line — drew a swift response from homicide detectives, crime scene technicians, and support teams as they secured the area and began collecting evidence.
Police described the case as an active and ongoing homicide investigation and asked anyone with information to contact the department or Crime Stoppers. Early dispatches and subsequent updates did not identify any suspects at the scene, and authorities did not announce any arrests in the immediate aftermath. Local outlets reiterated that investigators had not shared a possible motive or details about what led up to the shooting.
Community memorial sites later confirmed his death and listed the date and city, reflecting the brief facts released by officials while the investigation continued. Those notices, along with news reports, framed the killing as part of a spate of late-October violence that drew renewed attention to safety around transit corridors, but they offered no additional verified insight into conflicts or personal ties that may have preceded the gunfire. As of the latest reports, police had not reported any suspect description or arrests tied to the case.
