Alan Joseph Stevens was 24 when he was shot and killed at his Charlotte apartment on Firwood Lane just after 3:25 a.m. on December 3, 2006. A man with a handgun tried to force entry; Stevens struggled with the assailant and pushed him outside. Gunshots were heard shortly afterward, and when the door was opened again Stevens was found shot outside the apartment and died soon after.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department lists the killing as an unsolved cold case and is offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest. No arrests have been made. Anyone who was in that area that night or who remembers seeing suspicious people or vehicles around Firwood Lane on December 3, 2006, is asked to come forward with information.