Samuel Sherrod Gregory, 58, was shot and killed inside his Charlotte home on the evening of November 27, 2021. Officers responded to a domestic violence call just before 6 p.m. on Sadler Road near Dixie River Road; MEDIC pronounced him dead at the scene. The shooting was investigated as a domestic violence incident and, on December 17, 2021, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police announced no charges would be filed, ruling the shooting justified.

Gregory was born March 29, 1963, in Derita, North Carolina, the 12th of 16 children of Paul and Anna Gregory. He worked with his father in construction and later made his living as a carpenter and cement finisher. Family and friends remembered him as straightforward, forgiving, loyal, kind-hearted, protective, musical, and a serious comedian who used humor to cope.