JeNyah KiShawne Skyye Wright, 23, was shot and killed in the early hours of September 6, 2024, outside the Mission Matthews Place Apartments on Woodway Oak Circle in Charlotte, North Carolina. Emergency responders arrived shortly before 2:00 a.m. and pronounced Wright dead at the scene. She was a mother of two young children and was remembered by family and friends as a joyful presence.

Wright’s boyfriend, 25-year-old Charles Wittington Hodge Jr., was at the scene and told investigators a masked man had approached their vehicle, asked for a lighter, then shot Wright and fled. Investigators say they found inconsistencies in his account. Bloody footprints led from the scene into nearby woods, where a Glock .40-caliber pistol was recovered, and forensic evidence indicated Wright was shot at close range. Hodge was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and held without bond.

Anyone with information about Wright’s death is asked to contact Crime Stoppers or the Charlotte-Mecklenburg homicide detectives.