On the evening of April 19, 2025, 25-year-old Hispanic male Jose Alexander Lara Hernandez was fatally shot around 8 p.m. in the 5300 block of South Tryon Street in Charlotte, near York Memorial Cemetery. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers found him with a gunshot wound and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

CMPD identified 22-year-old Danny Cardoza-Lara as a suspect in the days after the killing. On April 21, Cardoza-Lara was located and arrested without incident in Alexandria, Virginia, after a license plate reader picked up a vehicle linked to him in a hotel parking lot. He has been charged with murder and robbery with a deadly weapon and is awaiting extradition to Charlotte. CMPD has notified the victim’s next of kin and says the investigation remains active; authorities have not released a motive or described any relationship between the victim and the suspect.

If anyone has information about what happened on South Tryon Street on April 19, please contact CMPD’s Homicide Unit or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers.