A 17-year-old male, Victor Ramirez Jr., was found shot and later pronounced dead in the early hours of May 18, 2025, in a parking lot on the 100 block of Winding Path Way just east of Uptown Charlotte. Officers responding to an assault-with-a-deadly-weapon call arrived shortly after 3 a.m.; detectives and crime-scene technicians processed the scene through the morning while Operations Command and Victim Services assisted. Media accounts emphasized the pre-dawn hour and described the location as a mixed residential-and-business corridor near Seigle Point Drive where the quiet was broken by gunfire.

Police identified Ramirez and said next of kin had been notified. By the days following May 18, no arrest or suspect had been publicly named and investigators asked the public to call the Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers with tips. If anyone was in the Winding Path Way or Seigle Point Drive area around 3 a.m. on May 18 and saw vehicles or people leaving the scene, can you share what you remember?