Jevon Ayala was 21 when he was fatally shot on October 21, 2020, in southwest Charlotte, North Carolina. The shooting occurred shortly before 10 p.m. on Farmhurst Drive, off Nations Ford Road. Emergency medical personnel responded but Jevon was pronounced dead at the scene. Born October 11, 1999, to Maurice Gary and Tawanna Ayala, he graduated from Meadowbrook High School in Chesterfield, VA, and had returned to Charlotte to work in solar panel installations.

Family and friends remembered him for a cheerful demeanor and an ability to uplift those around him. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department opened a homicide investigation; the case was noted as Charlotte’s 96th homicide of 2020. Two 16-year-old boys were arrested and charged in connection with the killing; their names were not released because of their age, and they faced charges that included murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and possession of a firearm by a minor, with one also charged with carrying a concealed weapon.

If anyone has information about what happened that night, please share it with investigators.