{"id":141664,"date":"2026-01-28T21:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/141664\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T21:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:13:08","slug":"man-arrested-in-texas-after-fatal-shooting-of-charlotte-doordash-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/141664\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in Texas after fatal shooting of Charlotte DoorDash driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/82156dd3b4026bf3d5823267c407b8a0.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 30-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of a DoorDash driver in west Charlotte on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsoctv.com\/news\/local\/family-slain-food-delivery-driver-seeks-answers-after-deadly-west-charlotte-shooting\/OJUVT6UJVNAK5NZZHJJUVFHKAU\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:READ MORE: Family of slain food delivery driver seeks answers after deadly west Charlotte shooting;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">READ MORE: Family of slain food delivery driver seeks answers after deadly west Charlotte shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">John Martinez, 26, was shot and killed on Elmin Street off West Boulevard. His family said they are unsure whether he had stopped for a delivery or another reason before the incident occurred, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kelvin Javier Molina Garcia was taken into custody in Mesquite, Texas, following the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police announced the arrest as part of their ongoing investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A representative from DoorDash issued a statement saying, \u201cThis is a tragic situation, and our thoughts are with the victim\u2019s loved ones. Our team is working with law enforcement to help their investigation in any way possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Garcia will be extradited to Charlotte in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 30-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of a DoorDash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29547,59591,21479,59594,59592,1295,27,29,28,59593],"class_list":{"0":"post-141664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-charlotte","9":"tag-charlotte-mecklenburg-police-department","10":"tag-doordash","11":"tag-john-martinez","12":"tag-kelvin-javier-molina-garcia","13":"tag-mesquite","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-texas-headlines","16":"tag-texas-news","17":"tag-west-charlotte"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}