On February 19, 2023, at approximately 4 p.m., 17-year-old Jayden Blackmon was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting on Lynn Street near Freedom Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina. Blackmon was socializing in the parking lot of an apartment complex when a vehicle drove by, and its occupants opened fire, striking him multiple times. Emergency responders transported Blackmon to a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
In the days following the incident, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Poli
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