Shawn Dwayne Powell, 51, was fatally shot on May 5, 2024, in the parking lot of the Midnight Rodeo at the 9600 block of Albemarle Road in east Charlotte. Powell was working as a vendor at a flea market hosted at the venue when officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon. He was found with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at the scene.

CMPD released surveillance footage showing a suspect fleeing the area and later identified him as 19-year-old Juan David Rodriguez Garcia. On May 21, 2024, warrants were issued charging Garcia with murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon; authorities described him as armed and dangerous and asked the public for help locating him. Powell’s mother, Rachel Ammons, described him as a hardworking family man and pleaded for justice for her only son.

Does anyone have information about Powell, the Midnight Rodeo flea market that night, or leads on Garcia’s whereabouts?