On January 2, 2017, 22-year-old Natanael Rodriguez was shot and killed at the M Station Apartments on Monroe Road in Charlotte, North Carolina. This marked the city’s first homicide of 2017. Rodriguez was found with gunshot wounds just after midnight and was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots, and police believe Rodriguez knew his killer, though no suspects have been named. His family continues to seek justice for his unsolved murder.