Alvin Parson, 23, a Black man from Monroe, North Carolina, was found shot to death on the morning of May 31, 2025, at a residence on Astoria Drive in the Indian Trail area of Union County. Deputies were called to the scene; investigators say his killing began a violent chain of events across the county before dawn.

Hours earlier a Monroe police officer was wounded during a predawn vehicle stop and pursuit that began on Old Charlotte Highway; the officer survived. Union County detectives say evidence at Parson’s home quickly pointed to an 18-year-old suspect, Joshua Sikes, who they believe shot Parson, fled in the same vehicle, engaged officers, then ran into woods where officers fired back and killed him. The State Bureau of Investigation took over the shooting review while the sheriff’s office continued the homicide probe.

Investigators later traced a weapon used during the spree and arrested Alejandro Figueroa-Bautista on multiple weapons-related charges for allegedly supplying illegal firearms connected to the case. Has anyone in Monroe or Indian Trail seen or heard anything that could help explain what led to Parson’s death?