The suspects ran into the Jack In The Box restaurant and shot 17-year-old Fate Brannon dead in broad daylight
On November 10, 2026 Marcus Dahn, 30, pled guilty to murdering Fate Brannon, 17. The murder was at the victim’s job inside a Jack In The Box fast food restaurant on North Hoskins Rd. in Charlotte, NC.
Marcus Dahn and Fate Brannon
Fate was an employee at Jack In The Box. Marcus and a second suspect barged into the restaurant at 2:30 p.m. while Fate was working on March 29, 2024 which was on the Good Friday holiday. The suspects shot and killed Fate on the job.
The suspects ran but were eventually arrested. Marcus was charged with murder.
2 years later Marcus pled guilty to second degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Judge Trosch sentenced Marcus to 292-363 months in prison. The second teen suspect is still awaiting trial.
