On April 12, 2024, at about 5:00 p.m., Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call in the 6200 block of Upas Lane in the Hickory Grove Division of Charlotte. Officers found 21-year-old Justin Carache-Soto, a local rapper, with an apparent gunshot wound; paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The incident was initially treated as a death investigation and later reclassified as a homicide by CMPD’s Homicide Unit.

Detectives identified 23-year-old Alejandro Jose Sequeira as a suspect. On May 9, 2024, the FBI Washington Field Office located and arrested Sequeira in Alexandria, Virginia; he was charged with murder in connection with Carache-Soto’s death. CMPD detectives interviewed Sequeira in Virginia and initiated extradition to return him to Charlotte. The investigation remains active and CMPD asks anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit or submit tips anonymously through Crime Stoppers.

Did anyone in the Hickory Grove area see or hear anything around 5:00 p.m. on April 12 that could help investigators?