On the evening of February 20, 2025, 27-year-old Rashaad Joshua Sinclair, a Black man, was shot and killed around 9 p.m. in a parking lot on Lucena Street in Charlotte following a dispute. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers responding to an assault-with-a-deadly-weapon call found Sinclair with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Police initially reported the location as Olando Street but later corrected it to Lucena Street.

Investigators say Sinclair had been meeting a woman for a drug transaction when two men approached, brandished firearms, demanded his belongings and then shot him. The suspects fled with Sinclair’s bag, which reportedly contained drugs and money. Detectives later identified 20-year-old Khanahnai Coleman as a suspect. Warrants were obtained, and on April 11, 2025, officers located and arrested Coleman; he was interviewed by homicide detectives and is being held without bond on charges including first-degree murder, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.

Court records indicate Coleman sustained a gunshot wound during the incident, was dropped off at a hospital shortly after the shooting, initially provided false information about his injury and was found carrying a large sum of cash. The investigation remains active and authorities are asking anyone with information to contact CMPD’s Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers. Did anyone in Charlotte see activity in the Lucena Street parking area that night or know anything about the people involved?