Brenton Tarell Samuels, 31, a Black man from Charlotte, North Carolina, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of September 27, 2025. Officers found Samuels with gunshot wounds just after 2 a.m. at an apartment complex on the 8800 block of Hollow Creek Circle in the University City area off Mallard Creek Road; MEDIC pronounced him dead at the scene. A second person wounded in the same shooting later reached a hospital and was reported in stable condition.

Detectives and crime-scene technicians canvassed the apartment community overnight and the CMPD Homicide Unit, led by Detective McCall, was assigned to the case. About two hours after this killing, officers responded to an unrelated shooting on East Independence Boulevard in which three people were shot; authorities did not indicate a connection. As of the latest police and media updates, no arrests or suspect identifications have been announced and the investigation remains open.

If anyone has information about the events at Hollow Creek Circle that night, please contact the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.