Gavino Miguel Romero, 19, was shot and killed on May 12, 2018, in northeast Charlotte. The shooting happened about 12:30 p.m. when suspects fired into the vehicle he was riding in while it sat in the 4600 block of Perth Court. The driver lost control after the shooting and the vehicle crashed into the porch of a home in the apartment complex.

Two other people were in the car: one suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds and was taken to Carolinas Medical Center, and a third occupant was uninjured.

Carreto and Pearson were charged with murder, conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, and attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon; Pearson faced additional charges including shooting into occupied property, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. Both unnamed 15-year-olds were charged with murder, conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, and attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. Investigators say the vehicle Romero was in had been targeted, though the motive for that targeting has not been clarified. Does anyone have information about Romero or the people involved that could help clarify why that vehicle was targeted?