A violent double shooting on the night of December 20, 2025, left two teenagers dead in Charlotte’s Steele Creek Division. At about 3:30 a.m. gunfire erupted in the 800 block of Farmhurst Drive. Bravlio Galeano Ayala, 16, and 18-year-old Samir Canales Molina were both struck during the same incident and then fled the scene seeking help.

The wounded teens separated while trying to get aid. Officers found one of the victims with life-threatening injuries during a welfare check in the 100 block of East Woodlawn Road; he was taken to a hospital and later died. The other arrived at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center on Hawthorne Lane and was also pronounced dead. Detectives linked both deaths to the Farmhurst Drive shooting.

No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. The motive remains undisclosed as investigators ask the public for information.

If anyone has information about the shooting, the victims’ movements that night, or saw suspicious activity near Farmhurst Drive around 3:30 a.m., please share what you know.