Ja’Kez Kyiesh Johnson was 19 when he was shot in the 5000 block of Curtiswood Drive in Charlotte on July 8, 2023. Officers found him about 5:00 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to Atrium Health Main with life-threatening injuries and died on July 10, 2023.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Homicide detectives identified two suspects on July 13, 2023: 19-year-old Emanuel Isaac Parada and a 15-year-old juvenile. Both were arrested by the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team, questioned at the Law Enforcement Center, and charged with murder. Parada was turned over to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office and the juvenile was placed in a Juvenile Detention Center. The investigation remained active and police asked anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers.

Does anyone with information about Ja’Kez’s death or the circumstances on Curtiswood Drive that evening have tips to share?