Justin Westbrook Carlton, 38, was shot and killed in northwest Charlotte on the afternoon of Thursday, October 23, 2025. Officers arriving near the intersection of Hoskins Road and Black Avenue around 4 p.m. found Carlton and another man, 34-year-old Shabazz Mesiah Grant, with gunshot wounds; both were taken to the hospital, and Carlton died shortly afterward. Police publicly identified him the next day and notified his family.

Detectives tied the shooting to a wider crime spree across west Charlotte. Investigators say the gunman, named as 28-year-old Joseph Andrade, forced his way into a nearby home, kidnapped a woman and fled in her vehicle, prompting a high-speed pursuit that ended in a confrontation with officers during which Andrade was shot and killed. State authorities opened a separate inquiry into the officer-involved shooting while Charlotte-Mecklenburg police continued the homicide probe. In the days after the attack, Grant also died of his injuries and funeral notices listed services for Carlton in Charlotte the following week.

With the suspected gunman deceased, no arrests have been announced; police have named Andrade as the person responsible for Carlton’s killing. Did anyone in the area that afternoon see or hear anything that could help clarify what happened near Hoskins Road and Black Avenue?