Jayden McIlwain, a 16-year-old Black male from Charlotte, North Carolina, was shot and killed at a residence on the 8800 block of Kirkville Lane on the evening of June 28, 2025. First responders arrived about 7:40 p.m. after a report of an assault with a deadly weapon; MEDIC pronounced Jayden dead at the scene. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened a death investigation, processed the residence for evidence and assigned the case (report number 20250628-1940-01) to Detective Kennedy.

Police said no suspects were being sought in the initial release and asked anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit or submit tips through Crime Stoppers. Public notices set funeral arrangements in early July at King’s Funeral Home, with burial at Northlake Memorial Gardens in Huntersville.

Did anyone in the Charlotte area see or hear anything that evening, or have information about activity on Kirkville Lane around 7:40 p.m. on June 28?