Jeremiah Gonzalez, 16, was critically wounded at a sleepover in northwest Charlotte and died four days later. According to police, friends were playing video games at a house on East Todd Lane in the predawn hours of Sunday, September 21, 2025, when a 20-year-old guest, Yosue Ramos, allegedly picked up a silver Smith & Wesson from a bedroom dresser, pointed it at Gonzalez and fired, striking him in the face. MEDIC transported Gonzalez to the hospital with life-threatening injuries; he died on Wednesday, September 25, and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department reclassified the matter as a homicide.

CMPD located and arrested Ramos the same day; initial charges included Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill or Inflict Serious Injury and Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, and reports say prosecutors upgraded charges to murder after Gonzalez’s death. A teen who lived at the home told investigators Ramos sometimes pointed unloaded guns at friends and pulled the trigger, but that this time the weapon was loaded. Anyone who knew Jeremiah or who has information is asked to contact detectives and reference case report 20250921-0341-02?