Kevin Antonio Calderon Rodas was 7 when he was killed on September 5, 2015, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was attending a children’s birthday party on Fieldvale Place where kids were outside breaking a piñata and collecting candy when gunfire came from across the street. Kevin was struck and later pronounced dead at Carolinas Medical Center. Two adult men and a 5-year-old girl were also wounded; their injuries were not life-threatening.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and the State Bureau of Investigation have continued to investigate, and no arrests have been announced. In 2019 Governor Roy Cooper approved a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction. Kevin’s family and the community remain affected and seek justice for the boy.

If anyone has information about the shooting or remembers activity on Fieldvale Place that afternoon, please come forward.