Vontairius Antonio Doster was 16 when he was shot and killed in Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 13, 2020. The shooting happened about 1:52 a.m. at the Southside Homes Apartment complex on the 3400 block of Griffith Street. Others transported Vontairius to Atrium Health’s Carolina’s Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police responded, and Homicide Unit detectives and Crime Scene Search teams processed the scene and collected physical evidence. The Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office reviewed the investigation and agreed with the investigators’ classification of the death as a justified homicide, so no one was charged. Family and community members held a public viewing and graveside service for Vontairius.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember the early-morning activity near the Southside Homes complex that night?