Dwanneich Hammonds, 45, was found shot in the parking garage of the Hazel SouthPark Apartments on Barclay Downs Drive in Charlotte on the morning of October 13, 2025. Officers were called just before 7 a.m.; she was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. Police identified her the following day and noted the shooting happened in the SouthPark area near the mall.

Neighbors in the upscale complex described a heavy early-morning police response as investigators processed the scene. Authorities have not disclosed a motive or the circumstances leading up to the gunfire, and as of October 26, 2025, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police had announced no arrests and named no suspects. Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact the homicide unit or Crime Stoppers.

Does anyone in the SouthPark area that morning have information about activity in the Hazel SouthPark parking garage or nearby that could help the investigation?