On December 11, 2008, 17-year-old Marquiese Antonio Thompson of Charlotte, North Carolina, was found lying in the street in the 1600 block of Weststone Drive with a gunshot wound. A witness driving through the neighborhood discovered him shortly after 6:30 p.m.; medics transported the critically injured teenager to Carolinas Medical Center. Thompson died of his injuries the next morning, December 12, 2008.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Violent Crimes Division opened a homicide investigation under case number 20081211183500. The case later moved into CMPD’s cold case files, and authorities offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest. Few details about a suspect or motive are provided in the file.

Did anyone in the Weststone Drive area in December 2008 see or hear anything that could help resolve this case?