Desmond Ray Balogun was 30 when he was shot during a domestic dispute on October 2, 2022, on Green Ivy Lane in Charlotte, North Carolina. Officers found him with a gunshot wound and he was taken to Atrium Health Main with life-threatening injuries. Desmond died of those injuries on October 5, 2022.

The shooting involved 51-year-old Clifford Smith, who was arrested on October 3, 2022, and initially charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. After Desmond’s death, authorities upgraded the charges to murder and took Clifford into custody on a homicide charge. The incident drew attention because it arose from a domestic dispute.

If anyone witnessed the altercation on Green Ivy Lane or has information about what happened to Desmond, please come forward and share what you know.