Ashford Trokon Peal Jr., 24, was shot and killed on April 9, 2021, at an apartment complex on Parkland Circle in Charlotte, North Carolina, just off E. W.T. Harris Boulevard near Albemarle Road. He was found with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

On May 6, 2021, following an interview with detectives, police arrested Malik Jordan, 24, and charged him with first-degree murder. Questions were also raised about security at the apartment complex; the Murray Law Firm suggested inadequate security might have been a factor and called for an unbiased inspection of the property and any prior incidents there.

The death has deeply affected Ashford’s family and the local community. If anyone has information about Ashford, the shooting on April 9, 2021, or security issues at that complex, please share what is known.