Tiara Love Tori Jackson, 37, a Black transgender woman, was found shot at the WoodSpring Suites on Deboer Avenue near West Arrowood Road in southwest Charlotte the morning of September 26, 2025. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers and medics pronounced her dead at the scene after a call shortly after 9 a.m. The hotel and surrounding lot were sealed off while detectives canvassed rooms and collected security footage to reconstruct a timeline.

Within a day investigators developed a lead identifying 33-year-old Darris Dee Marshall; police arrested and booked him on a murder charge connected to Jackson’s death. As of the initial reports detectives had not released a motive or described any prior relationship between Jackson and the accused, and they continued to interview witnesses and analyze evidence. Community and advocacy outlets noted the killing amid broader hotel-area gun violence in the corridor.

Anyone with information about Tiara Love Tori Jackson’s death or her movements at the WoodSpring Suites is asked to contact homicide detectives.