Kanye Carter was an 18-year-old Black man from Roanoke who was shot and later died at a hospital after officers found him in the roadway near 15th Street and Orange Avenue NW just after 1 a.m. on June 24, 2023. Investigators placed the shooting in the 1700 block of Melrose Avenue NW, close to a community center, and said the violence appeared to follow an argument that erupted beforehand.

Police reported hearing shots near 10th Street and Shenandoah Avenue NW and were told of someone wounded near 15th and Orange; no suspects were located at the scene and no arrests had been made. Court records indicated officers planned to search Carter’s Instagram after learning he had been on Instagram Live arguing with at least one person before the gunfire, and investigators believed the online dispute spilled into the real world and preceded a fight immediately before shots were fired.

That same morning a separate shooting sent two other people to the hospital, which police said was not believed to be connected. Funeral arrangements through Serenity Funeral Home and Cremation Services listed a visitation and funeral service on July 1, 2023. If anyone saw or heard anything on the night of June 24 near Melrose, 15th and Orange, or 10th and Shenandoah, please share what is known.