Charles Edward Thomas, 21, was fatally shot in the Orange Mound neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee, on October 23, 2023. His death is described as a homicide; the Memphis Police Department opened an investigation but no suspects or arrests have been publicly reported.

Charles is survived by his mother, Yolanda L. Anderson, and his father, Charles E. Jordan; siblings Brianna Jordan, Bianca Anderson, Martavious Anderson and Darrion Thomas; grandmothers Beulah Thomas and Shundra Jordan; grandfather Williams Anderson; and great-grandmother Bobbie Snits. Visitation and funeral services were held and he was buried at New Park Cemetery.

If anyone in the Orange Mound area that evening or with information about Charles’ death can help, please come forward to the Memphis Police Department.