Avion Amelle Dingle was a 15-year-old Black male from Charlotte who was shot and killed late on the night of June 26, 2025, inside an apartment complex on Merrick Street near North Tryon. Multiple 911 calls drew officers to the scene around 11:30 p.m. He was found with fatal gunshot wounds after trying to flee down a second-floor hallway, collapsing at the end of the corridor as bullets scarred the walls. Several other people, including children ages 3 to 14 and a 30-year-old woman, were present in the residence during the violence.

He was pronounced dead at the scene and obituary notices followed in the days after his death. Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened the case that night; on July 10, 2025, police arrested a 15-year-old juvenile on a murder charge, and on July 29, 2025, a 16-year-old juvenile was arrested and charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and shooting into an occupied dwelling. Because the suspects are juveniles, their names were not released and the investigation remains active.

Did anyone in the area see activity at the Merrick Street complex on the night of June 26 that could help investigators?