A dispute in a northwest Charlotte neighborhood on April 18, 2026 escalated into a deadly shootout that left 24-year-old Zaquez Samprese Blakley dead. Police say shots were fired into an occupied home on Dundeen Street around 8:45 p.m., and that a gunfight occurred between two people; a nearby residence was struck but no one inside was injured.

Blakley sustained a gunshot wound and drove himself to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Homicide Unit is investigating. No arrests have been announced, and investigators have not publicly identified a suspect or suspects.

If anyone saw the shootout on Dundeen Street that evening or has information that could help detectives, please contact the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.