On the night of February 20, 2024, at about 10:30 p.m., Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers responded to a reported shooting in the 400 block of Berkeley Hill Drive in University City. Responding officers found 36-year-old Dontarious Jerrelle Simpson with a gunshot wound; emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

CMPD detectives, working with the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office, concluded the shooting was a justified homicide and decided not to file criminal charges. Authorities have not publicly released the specific facts that led to that determination. A funeral service for Dontarious Simpson was held at Long & Son Mortuary Chapel in Charlotte and was streamed live.

If anyone knew Dontarious or has information about what happened that night, please share what is known.