Cartrail Stanley, a 27-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on November 5, 2014, on Julia Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina. The shooting happened late at night; a 25-year-old woman, Venita Graham, was also shot and survived the attack. Officers established a perimeter, evacuated nearby residences and called in a SWAT team to search for the suspect, Johnnie Young, who had fled into a nearby home but was not found there during that search. Young was later arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder. The motive has not been disclosed and the relationship between the victims and the suspect is unclear. Stanley’s family and friends remembered him as kind and gentle as the community coped with the loss.

If anyone has information about what led to the shooting or saw activity on Julia Avenue that night, please come forward.