Natanael Jose Rodriguez, 22, was found with gunshot wounds at the M-Station Apartments off Monroe Road in Charlotte shortly after midnight on January 2, 2017. He was taken to Carolinas Medical Center - Main and pronounced dead on arrival. Witnesses reported hearing four gunshots in quick succession and a loud noise afterward that sounded like a door slamming or something falling.

Detectives say Natanael and the shooter were acquainted, but no identity for the shooter has been released and no arrests have been reported. His killing was recorded as Charlotte’s first homicide of 2017 amid local concern over the city’s rising gun violence following a high number of homicides the previous year.

If anyone remembers seeing or hearing something at the M-Station Apartments around midnight on January 2, 2017, please share information that might help the investigation.