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Samir Canales Molina

Case from Charlotte, NC dated Dec 20, 2025

Victim Details

Samir Canales Molina

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Charlotte

NC

2025-12-20

18

Samir

Canales Molina

06/22/2026

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In the predawn hours of December 20, 2025, gunfire shattered the quiet along the 800 block of Farmhurst Drive in Charlotte’s Steele Creek Division. Samir Canales Molina, 18, a Honduran male, was one of two teenagers struck in the same burst of violence, shot at the same location during the same incident.

What happened next unfolded like a desperate, fractured escape. Investigators say the victims tried to get help after being shot, leaving the original scene and turning up miles apart. ...
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  • DOUBLE MURDER, 2 TEENAGERS KILLED DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS DAY | CHARLOTTE ALERTS NEWS
  • wcnc.com: CMPD links two fatal Charlotte shootings; victims identified as 18-year-old and 16-year-old
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