Matthew Duke Gibbons, 25, was shot and killed on February 1, 2018, in northwest Charlotte, North Carolina. He was found in the front yard of a home in the 300 block of Rhyne Station Road with an apparent gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene by Medic. CMPD responded to three shootings in just over an hour that night, one of which was Gibbons’s death.

Police charged 28-year-old Willie Devon James Jr. with Gibbons’s murder, plus robbery with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. James was taken into custody and held at the Mecklenburg County Jail. He was placed on an ankle-monitoring system in 2018 but cut off the monitor and went missing for a period before being recaptured in Columbus County, North Carolina.

Family members and community advocates raised concerns about safety in the neighborhood and about the ankle-monitoring system after these events. Does anyone have information about Gibbons, the events that night, or the investigation?