Jaiden De’Shon Tank Harris, 16, was fatally shot on the evening of September 13, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The shooting occurred about 7 p.m. in the 8500 block of Burnt Umber Drive, a residential street in the city’s northeast. Responding officers found Harris with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene by MEDIC.

CMPD detectives identified a 12-year-old juvenile as the suspect. The juvenile was taken to the Law Enforcement Center in Uptown Charlotte, later charged with involuntary manslaughter and released to parental custody. Because of the ages involved, authorities have withheld the suspect’s identity and other specific details about how the shooting unfolded.

Harris’s family has started a GoFundMe to help with funeral costs and described their profound grief. The investigation is ongoing and CMPD is asking anyone with information to contact investigators. Did anyone in the Charlotte area see or hear anything on Burnt Umber Drive that evening?