Tyrone Stinson, a 24-year-old African American man, was shot on October 1, 2020, at the intersection of Tuckaseegee Road and Fern Avenue in west Charlotte around noon. He was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and died on October 3, 2020.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police identified 29-year-old David Lee Chambers as the primary suspect and arrested him the same day. Chambers was initially charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and larceny of a motor vehicle. After Stinson’s death the charges were upgraded to murder. Detectives reported the shooting followed an altercation between Stinson and Chambers and said they had conducted interviews and gathered evidence.

The case drew attention in the local community and was described as part of broader concerns about gun violence in Charlotte. If anyone knew Tyrone Stinson or has information about the shooting or the events at Tuckaseegee Road and Fern Avenue that day, please come forward.