A fatal shooting on the evening of August 2, 2025 left 37-year-old Jose Roberto Ferreira dead inside an apartment at The Brook complex off Johnston Road in the Charlotte area. Officers were dispatched about 6 p.m. for an assault with a deadly weapon; first responders found Ferreira gravely wounded from a gunshot, rendered aid, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Obituary notices list his passing on that date in Charlotte.

Police said the suspect fled on foot but was quickly identified as 23-year-old Johann Manuel Ibarra and was taken into custody shortly afterward at a nearby gas station. Investigators stated the suspect and the victim knew each other and described the killing as not random.

If anyone has information about Ferreira’s last hours at The Brook or witnessed the arrest near the gas station, please share what you know.