A lunchtime shooting in uptown Charlotte left 20-year-old Jahday Humphrey dead on September 18, 2025. The shooting happened in the alleyway along Brevard Court by the Latta Arcade, across from Romare Bearden Park, during the busy lunch hour; officers responded as crowds scattered from nearby businesses. Humphrey was pronounced dead after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police identified Humphrey the next day and said homicide detectives quickly developed a suspect. Detectives named 33-year-old Jarius Tamaal Jackson as the suspect; he was taken into custody, transferred to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office, and charged with murder. Authorities continued canvassing the corridor and gathering witness accounts and have not announced any additional suspects.

If anyone saw the lunchtime confrontation in the narrow corridor of restaurants and shops off Brevard Court or has information, please share what you know.