James Herman Freiberg, 48, was killed by a stray bullet on March 5, 2022, inside his Charlotte apartment on Hillgrove Lane near Steele Creek Road. The bullet entered through a child’s bedroom window after a gunfight broke out in the apartment complex parking lot; paramedics found Freiberg with life-threatening injuries and he was pronounced dead at the scene. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, real estate agent and DJ, married to Vanessa Freiberg, and father to Matthew Alexander Freiberg and Charley Quinn Freiberg.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police investigators recovered multiple shell casings in the parking lot and described a suspect vehicle as a dark gray or black Dodge Charger, Challenger, or Chrysler 300 with extensive front-end damage and possible bullet holes. In September 2022 Michael Cornwell Jr. was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shootout that produced the stray bullet.

If anyone heard or saw the shooting in that parking lot, or has information about the suspect vehicle, please come forward.