Washington Ryles was 22 when he was shot and killed on the morning of August 20, 2017, at Grierton Square Apartments in southeast Charlotte, North Carolina. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police responded to a shooting call around 11 a.m.; officers found Ryles on a front apartment porch with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. A second male victim who had been inside the apartment with Ryles and the suspect survived with non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital.

The shooting reportedly occurred inside the apartment while both victims and the suspect were present. The suspect remained at large and CMPD asked anyone with information to contact their tip line. Ryles’s death was listed as Charlotte’s 58th homicide of 2017; his obituary noted the impact he had on family and friends. If anyone has information about what happened that morning or knew Washington, please share what you know with investigators.