In the predawn hours of December 20, 2025, gunfire on the 800 block of Farmhurst Drive in Charlotte’s Steele Creek Division struck two teenagers. Samir Canales Molina, 18, a Honduran male, was one of the victims. The teens left the original scene after being shot and were found at two different locations about 6.9 miles apart.

Police first arrived shortly after 3:30 a.m. at the 100 block of East Woodlawn Road to find a person with a life-threatening gunshot wound who was taken to a hospital and later died. Around the same time, officers responded to Novant Hospital on Hawthorne Lane where another gunshot victim arrived and was later pronounced dead. By December 21 detectives linked both deaths back to Farmhurst Drive; Crime Scene Search processed locations and collected evidence while CMPD’s Homicide Unit led the investigation.

Family members have been working to raise funds for funeral arrangements and to reunite Samir with his mother for a final goodbye. No arrests, suspects, or motive have been announced; detectives described the probe as active and asked anyone with information to contact CMPD’s Homicide Unit, referencing report number 20251220-0335-01.

Did anyone in the Steele Creek area see or hear anything around Farmhurst Drive on the night of December 19–20 that could help investigators?