Dondrake Blackmoore

Dondrake Blackmoore was a 26-year-old Black man from Charlotte, North Carolina, remembered by friends as caring, funny, and someone who always had a smile on his face. He and his partner, 27-year-old Jakailah Jackson, were parents to a young son.

On the afternoon of October 19, 2020, the family was together in their car on Kilborne Drive in east Charlotte. Around 12:15 p.m., a man driving a blue SUV pulled in front of their vehicle. According to prosecutors, the man, later identified as Xaveon Dunn, then fired eight shots through the driver's side window. Dondrake was struck six times and died at the scene. Jakailah, who was in the passenger seat, was also shot. She managed to run into a nearby store for help and was rushed to a hospital, where she later died from her injuries. The couple's 3-year-old son, who was in the backseat, was not physically injured.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department began investigating the shooting, which one official described as "brazen." Just two days later, on October 21, police arrested 22-year-old Xaveon Dunn, identifying him through community tips. He was charged with two counts of murder, attempted murder, discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On November 6, 2020, a second suspect, 27-year-old Jamaal Rashad Porterfield, was arrested during a traffic stop in Bluefield, West Virginia. He was charged with felony accessory after the fact to murder and was extradited to North Carolina.

In September 2026, Xaveon Dunn, then 28, stood trial for the murders of Dondrake Blackmoore and Jakailah Jackson. A jury found him guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Following the verdict, Dunn was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole.