CHARLOTTE, N.C. — More teen suspects are now charged with killing a 16-year-old in mid-August .

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department announced Wednesday that a 15-year-old suspect was arrested on September 5, 2025, and charged with first-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Tyshaun Stokes. A 14-year-old was also charged with first-degree murder that day, along with a 16-year-old suspect for first-degree murder.

Previously, two other suspects - ages 14 and 16 - were also arrested. On Sept. 4, another juvenile suspect - aged 16 - was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and shooting into an occupied dwelling.

In total, six teens now face charges in Stokes' death.

The shooting happened along Lambeth Drive on August 17, around 3:30 a.m. Officers reported to find stokes

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