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Mecklenburg NC Law Dispatch Group Calls
Teen killed in Ragsdale Drive shooting; 2 suspects arrested
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11/08/2026 05:35 PM
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Charlotte, NC
A shooting in the 5000 block of Ragsdale Drive in Charlotte left a teen dead. The victim had a gunshot wound to the head, and two suspects were later arrested.
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Incident Timeline
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Targeted gunfire erupts in a north Charlotte neighborhood
Late Sunday evening, a shooting broke out on Ragsdale Drive in the Mallard Creek area. Later reporting indicated the victim was targeted in the street and that gunfire also struck nearby homes as the shooters fled, turning the case into a large, spread-out crime scene.
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Dispatch sends police and medics to Ragsdale Drive
As 911 calls flooded in, dispatchers sent police and fire/medic units to the 5000 block of Ragsdale Drive for a shooting. Early callers reported at least one person shot and down in the roadway area, with location references varying slightly as the call was clarified.
00:12Mecklenburg NC Fire Dispatch Group CallsThis transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate.00:00Ladder 31, one shot, (number withheld) (place withheld), on C Charlie.00:06Ladder 31, one shot, (number withheld) (place withheld), on C Charlie. -
Witnesses give conflicting early suspect information
While officers were still responding, dispatch relayed changing witness accounts about who fired and how many people were involved. Callers described one armed person, possibly two shooters, and said a vehicle had fled, with one update identifying a silver sedan.
00:11Mecklenburg NC Law Dispatch Group CallsThis transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate.00:00Units from the ADW.00:01Advising the subject's going to be a black male, last seen wearing white shirt and jeans.00:04Advising another call for service is saying there's two shooters.00:07Did state that one vehicle drove away.00:09They are advising that the subject revolved in a silver sedan. -
First officers find the victim critically wounded
When officers arrived, they found the victim suffering a gunshot wound to the head and initially unresponsive. They asked for crime-scene tape because people were moving through the area, and medics reported the victim still had a pulse before transporting him from the scene.
00:17Mecklenburg NC Law Dispatch Group CallsThis transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate.00:00Hey, next unit's arrival.00:01Let's get some crime scene tape over here.00:02I got people trying to walk around.00:031105, we're gonna have a GSW to the head.00:06He's not conscious at the moment.00:071105, medic (number withheld) is advising that they have a pulse.00:12They're going to work it and they're going to transport to (place withheld).00:14(number withheld), I think it's Ragsdale. -
Investigators widen the scene and sort out vehicle leads
As the investigation developed, officers worked through conflicting witness accounts about the suspect car, including red and silver sedan descriptions. They also began treating nearby residences and the hospital as related scenes, reflecting how widely evidence appeared to be scattered.
00:47Mecklenburg NC Law Dispatch Group CallsThis transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate.00:001101 on the ADW over here.00:03One of the witnesses saying that it's on a red sedan, at least, at least my choice.00:09Is that going to be the suspect vehicle?00:10Said that the passenger got out and was spraying like a mini Drake over the air.00:15Do we have another SOD over at (number withheld) (place withheld)?00:21I'll do it for the scene and hospital.00:2213-2, I'm having different witnesses.00:24Described suspect vehicle, occupied two times, silver four-door sedan, leaving this area and making a left-hand turn out of the neighborhood towards the 7-Eleven.00:31Yep, 10-4. Guessing red and now silver sedan.00:3410-62, can we get another crime scene call at SID location at (number withheld) (place withheld)?00:41I have another same street at (number withheld) (place withheld).00:46Sixty-one forty-sixty-four is in the hospital. -
Road closures and residence checks spread through area
Police expanded perimeter control along the Ragsdale and Rosedale corridor and marked additional nearby locations as part of the investigation. Officers checked residences, confirmed more scene points, and reported at least one address clear of occupants.
00:24Mecklenburg NC Law Dispatch Group CallsThis transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate.00:00Eleven oh five, Sarge.00:01We've got an SID at (number withheld) (place withheld).00:04We're not going to answer at the door.00:05Twelve 15 .00:06If you can just notate (number withheld) , also confirmed SID.00:10Officer man, is this your location going to be on Gaston or (place withheld)?00:13We're on (place withheld) going all the way out to.00:16. . We'll pull the map.00:18We're going to need (place withheld) blocked all the way down to (place withheld).00:21Eleven oh five, (number withheld) is clear, no occupants. -
Hospital destination changes as BOLO is refined
While crime-scene personnel were sent to meet the victim at the hospital, officers clarified that the transport destination had changed to CMC Main. At the same time, dispatch refined the lookout for a silver four-door sedan seen leaving toward Prosperity Ridge, though witness accounts still differed on whether shots came from someone exiting the car or from the passenger side window.
00:30Mecklenburg NC Law Dispatch Group CallsThis transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate.00:00Crime scene to that unit, head to the hospital.00:01Can you advise if you're going to (place withheld) or (place withheld)?00:04We're going to (place withheld).00:05Let me double check with medics because I believe they advised us over bridge they were changing to Main.00:10Sixty-one forty-seven, five.00:11They're going to (place withheld).00:12The suspect vehicle is.00:13It's going to be a silver sedan, four door.00:15Came down right now, made a left on (place withheld).00:18Unknown driver, but the passenger is going to be a black male, dreads, white long t-shirt.00:23Just to confirm the passenger.00:25Passenger was the one that got out of the vehicle and shot.00:26Correct,00:27he didn't get out. He was just shooting from the front right passenger window. -
More vehicle leads emerge after the shooting
Investigators continued chasing leads on vehicles possibly tied to the shooting and escape. Witnesses reported a red sedan speeding away through nearby intersections, officers checked a possibly related vehicle at another location, and another witness said a white van left the scene afterward.
00:38Mecklenburg NC Law Dispatch Group CallsThis transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate.00:00A red sedan speeds through the intersection of looks like (place withheld) Road, makes a right turn onto (place withheld).00:07Continues on (place withheld) toward (number withheld).00:10Sir, well, we copy all that.00:11Possible the vehicle that the victim was with, the other party.00:15Advising the vehicle is gonna be parked by a white van.00:18No description.00:19(number withheld), myself and (number withheld) are out with that vehicle.00:22Ten four, it's going to be at the (number withheld).00:23Hey, headquarters, one of these victims' witnesses did state that a white van was leaving the scene afterwards.00:29Shortly afterwards, they just stated that.00:30Not coming back eighty-seven.00:32Coming back registered to a (name withheld).00:34The registered address is going to be (number withheld) (place withheld). -
Reports of armed people on foot shift search to 7-Eleven
A follow-on call then sent officers toward a nearby 7-Eleven after reports that two people had been seen on foot with a rifle shortly after the shooting. Police cleared the store, gathered nearby video showing juveniles running into the woods, and requested an article search beginning back near the Ragsdale scene.
01:02Mecklenburg NC Law Dispatch Group CallsThis transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate.00:00Hey, 1st units out there.00:01We're getting an eighty-eight call at (number withheld) (place withheld).00:04One was wearing a black sweatshirt and red sweatpants.00:06Were seen carrying an assault rifle 2 min after the shooting.00:09Advising that they're seen at the new 7-Eleven near (place withheld) and Prosperity.00:13Hey, we're clearing the store here.00:15Ten four. Now you can open it.00:16I was saying it was cleared inside the store, sorry.00:18On that description for some additional suspects has been advised of anybody wearing red pants.00:25But if you could notate (number withheld) (place withheld) has footage of two juveniles, one with red pants, a black True Religion hoodie.00:34Running in front of their house into the wood line.00:36We were advised by one of the residents further up the hill from this address that one of the juveniles was carrying what she considered a rifle.00:44So it just seemed like a Draco or something that ran through.00:47If you can be around over here to Raxdale, at the very least, I'd like to do an article search at this wood lot.00:52Yes, sir. I'm 17.00:54Just confirming, is your starting point where they ran in the woods at (number withheld) Ravendale?00:58Yeah, if you come there, I'll point you the right direction.01:01It's about 2550 yards. -
Victim dies and police open a homicide investigation
The victim later died at the hospital, and police shifted the case from an assault-with-a-deadly-weapon response to a homicide investigation. Officials said the motive was still unclear and asked the public for tips as detectives worked through the large evidence field.
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Neighbors describe bullets striking homes during escape
By the next day, neighbors said the shooting could have been even worse because rounds hit multiple townhomes as the shooters fled. Residents described widespread damage and doorbell-camera footage that investigators could use to reconstruct what happened.
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Police identify the victim as a juvenile
Police later identified the person killed as a juvenile boy. News reports placed the shooting on Ragsdale Drive near Johnston Oehler Road in the Mallard Creek area.
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Two suspects are charged in the killing
The day after the shooting, police announced charges against a 20-year-old man and a juvenile in connection with the killing. Authorities said the case involved murder and felony conspiracy, indicating investigators believed the shooting had been planned or coordinated.
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