Reginald Moses, 19, and Cori Meadows, 18, were accused of murdering Saivon Lockhart, 17, in Charlotte, NC. But the murder charges on both suspects were recently dropped by prosecutors due to insufficient evidence. Savion had just graduated from South Mecklenburg High School. Follow Charlotte Alerts on Instagram.
The charges were dropped in December 2023. The evidence is unclear at this point as to which individuals were engaged in the murder and which individuals were acting in lawful self defense during a robbery.
However, one side of the group showed up to rob the other side, though it is unclear what the robbery was over and which side shot first.
The meet up was at a dead end road. Savion arrived in a black Volkswagen Jetta. At some point, several individuals brandished firearms.
There were at least two guns involved, and a minimum of nine shots fired. Reginald was shot in the buttocks. Click here to see the many teenagers killed in Charlotte recently.
Saivon was shot in his right chest and left abdominal. Numerous other houses and cars were fired into as well.
Saivon and his three friends all got back into the Volkswagen. Saivon was driven to Atrium University Hospital where his friends are seen on camera using their shirts to cover up their faces in an attempt to hide their identity while dropping the victim off.
They left Saivon at the emergency room entrance, and then drove off, refusing to stay and speak with law enforcement.
Saivon died of his wounds at the hospital. A separate vehicle drove Reginald to the hospital.
On July 13, 2023 Reginald and Cori were arrested charged with murder. Inside a home where the suspects were at, cops found over 6 pounds of marijuana, over $12,000 dollars in cash, a money counting machine, an assault rifle, 8 pistols with fully automatic glock switches, and seven IPhones.
Several of the firearms were reported stolen and there were suspected stolen vehicle items in the house as well.
It is not clear who exactly shot Saivon, but the District Attorney’s Office dismissed the case without leave and no plea agreement. The suspects claimed self defense.
In North Carolina, the law of self defense and defense of another provides that a defendant is not guilty of any homicide if the defendant reasonably felt that that he needed to kill the decedent to protect himself or another from death or great bodily harm, the defendant was not the aggressor in bringing on the situation, and the defendant did not use excessive force.
In this case, the available evidence does not indicate which individuals were entitled to self defense, and which individuals were not.
Hence prosecutors could not disprove self defense beyond a reasonable doubt. Therefore, the case was dismissed against Reginald and Cori.
