Ryan Devon Autry, 29, was shot and killed on March 29, 2021, in a shopping center parking lot on West Sugar Creek Road in Charlotte, North Carolina, near a Food Lion. Officers responding to a 911 call for an assault with a deadly weapon found Autry with apparent gunshot wounds; paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene that night.

A suspect, 31-year-old Darius Chambers, was arrested April 1, 2021, and charged with murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Chambers had prior convictions, including a 2012 robbery of a pizza delivery driver and drug-related charges in 2015. In September 2022 the district attorney dismissed all charges against Chambers without a plea agreement; the prosecutor did not provide a public explanation.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department lists the investigation as active and asks anyone with information to contact CMPD or Crime Stoppers. Does anyone have information about that late-night shooting or recall seeing activity in that parking lot on March 29, 2021?