Chris Charles was 21 and a resident of Orlando when he was found shot inside a wrecked Infiniti SUV at the intersection of Pine Hills Road and Indialantic Drive in the Pine Hills neighborhood on August 9, 2018. Emergency crews responded to a reported single-vehicle crash about 6:30 p.m.; Charles had a gunshot wound to his torso and was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Authorities arrested 21-year-old Lascelles Malik Coley in connection with the shooting and charged him with first-degree murder. Coley had been serving a sentence at Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City on unrelated burglary and grand theft convictions before being transferred to the Orange County Jail to face the murder charge. An indictment in the case was returned on March 13, 2019, and Coley appeared before Orange-Osceola Circuit Court Judge Jenifer M. Harris.

Few details about a motive are available in these reports. If anyone knew Chris Charles or has information about what happened that evening, please share what you know with investigators.