Tyshaun Stokes, 16, was fatally shot in a drive-by attack at his family’s home on Lambeth Drive in Charlotte’s North Tryon neighborhood shortly after 3 a.m. on August 17, 2025. Gunfire struck the residence and the teen on or near the front porch; he was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries. Relatives and neighbors gathered at the scene as police placed evidence markers and illuminated the house with floodlights.

Within days detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit said arrests had been made. On August 28 officers took a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old into custody and charged both with first-degree murder. In early September authorities announced four more youths — two additional 16-year-olds, another 14-year-old, and a 15-year-old — were also charged, bringing the total to six juveniles facing first-degree murder and related counts. Officials have not released names or a motive and have asked anyone with information to contact investigators.

Who in the neighborhood remembers anything unusual the night before dawn on August 17?