Scott Howard, a 33-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in Charlotte, North Carolina, on December 29, 2022, around 3 a.m. Officers responding to an attempt to locate 911 call found him with apparent gunshot wounds on the side of Jeff Adams Drive; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. The location where he was found suggests the shooting may have occurred elsewhere.

Investigators traced Scott’s last known movements to a Shell gas station about 2.4 miles from the Waste Connections Queen City Transfer Station. Surveillance shows him in the backseat of a Dodge Charger driven by Andre Poole; the Charger was recorded traveling toward the transfer station. A garbage truck dash camera captured the Charger leaving the station without headlights at 2:34 a.m., and Scott’s body was discovered in the station driveway shortly afterward. The firearm was never recovered.

Andre Poole, 25, was arrested and charged in connection with the killing, but prosecutors later dismissed the murder charge for lack of sufficient evidence. The case remains open; anyone with information about Scott, the Dodge Charger, or that night is asked to come forward.