On December 17, 2024, at about 11:28 a.m., officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call in the 3000 block of Perennial Terrace, near North Tryon Street in Charlotte. They found 28-year-old Raymone Devine Flakes with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Novant Presbyterian Medical Center and was pronounced dead.

CMPD detectives identified a 17-year-old male suspect and, on December 19, the department’s Violent Crime Apprehension Team and Crime Gun Suppression Team arrested him. After an interview with homicide detectives the juvenile was transferred to the custody of the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and charged with murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle, and robbery with a dangerous weapon. The investigation remains active. CMPD has notified Flakes’ next of kin and is asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers.

If anyone knew Raymone or witnessed the incident, can you share information with investigators?