Jerry Forney, 67, was found shot to death inside a home on Briargrove Drive in east Charlotte on the night of May 15, 2025, after officers conducted a welfare check near Milton Road. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said he was discovered with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at the scene, and the department opened a homicide investigation in the North Tryon Division that evening.

Local reports placed the killing at the Briargrove residence and said detectives began canvassing the neighborhood for information. He was identified in subsequent notices and an obituary as Jerry Lewis Forney; community reports described him as a grandfather who had long worked in landscaping around Charlotte. Police have not announced any arrests or publicly identified suspects, and the department listed the incident under report number 20250515-2053-02 while asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers.

Does anyone in the Briargrove or Milton Road area remember unusual activity or have information that could help investigators?