Sometimes I Wonder What is Wrong with These People

Kevin Darrel Shaun Stewart Photo Courtesy MCSO

This 20 year old mofo is charged with 3 counts of attempted murder first degree murder, felony conspiracy to commit murder and 4 counts of shooting into an occupied vehicle and injury to personal property.

He's been held at the MCDC since yesterday under a $750,000.00 bail.

The details of what he did and the people he shot are really inconsequential.

The charging documents read like a bad joke. Props to the CMPD Officer for hanging in there like a bulldog and building a case.

Here goes:

On 7/30/2025 at around 10:00 a.m., officers responded to the area of Sonoma Valley Drive and Old Forester Lane. The caller stated two vehicles exchanged gunfire and fled the area. 

The caller explained the one vehicle was white four door and the other was white SUV. The witness then clarified the white sedan was Nissan Maxima and appeared someone dragged another person back to the white Maxima.

Officers located multiple discharged cartridge casings in the 2500 block of Sonoma Valley Drive which is near the neighborhood park. 

Officers canvassed the area and located silver Hyundai Tucson registered to Barbaro Gonzalez Lopez with bullet hole in the side. The vehicle was unoccupied at the time of the shooting and damage.

A short time later officers located the white maxima with blood inside and apparent bullet holes in the 100 block of Chattaroy Drive. The vehicle was unoccupied.

Officers then received call for service at Atrium Health Mountain island Emergency Department stating subject arrived and had been shot.

Officers and detectives spoke with gunshot victim, Kevin Linton. Linton eventually stated he was going to assist his friend, Kalil Allison, who was supposed to meet up with another individual to fight. 

Linton stated he arrived at the park in the neighborhood with Samarie Thompson 2/25/2000 in the Nissan Maxima and Kalil arrived at the park in his own Honda Civic. Linton stated after only few minutes he heard shots being fired and dove across the vehicle to get away from the gunfire. 

Linton stated he could only say the vehicle that shot at him was white vehicle. Linton advised he was the front right passenger in the white Maxima and after the shooting got back in with Samarie as the driver and Kalil in the back of the car. 

The vehicle was struck several times which caused the tire to become flat. The vehicle was left on Chattaroy Drive and Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road (where officers located it unoccupied).

Kalil Allison advised that he received call from Bremiah Herring, who stated she was involved in an altercation with her child's father and Allison was going to pick up Herring. Allison then picked up Herring at 430 Knothole Lane (in same neighborhood as the shooting). Allison stated he could hear male subject inside the home when he picked up Herring. Allison then took Herring away from the home. While driving to separate location Herring received messages from the male subject and mentioned Kalil's name. 

Kalil then began to message the male, Kevin with phone number "During the course of the text conversation between Kalil and Kevin it was determined they would fight at the park in the neighborhood. Kalil stated after short time waiting white small SUV or sedan began to shoot at them. Kalil stated he got down behind the white Maxima and then jumped in the Maxima and fled the area. Kalil advised Samarie returned fire after being shot at to defend him and his friends. Kalil advised he left his Honda Civic at the scene to get way from the shooting.

Samarie did not return to the scene, arrive at the hospital or respond after contact was attempted via Kalil and Linton.

Based on the physical evidence collected by Crime Scene Investigators, the suspects fired roughly (12) 9mm rounds and Samarie returned fire with rifle chambered in .223 (9) times. 

Witness, Richard Hoston, was arriving to the area for landscaping purposes and was directly behind the suspect vehicle as he was entering the area. 

He advised the suspect vehicle was small white SUV but could not provide any other description. He stated the suspect vehicle began to drive by the victim and victim vehicles and without hesitation or warning began to shoot at the victims. Hoston stated there was no confrontation and the victims did not provoke the shooting.

Officers and Detectives canvassed the area on the date of incident (7/30) and again on 8/1. No new information or surveillance footage was obtained.

Detectives responded to the QT near the incident location and were able to observe Kalil at the gas station in his dark grey Honda sedan. 

He appears to wait for Samarie and Kevin who arrive in the white Nissan to the lot at roughly 9:58 a.m. The Nissan is only in the lot long enough to turn around and follow Kalil out of the lot and toward the incident location. At roughly 10:02 a.m., observed Samarie's white Nissan Altima leave that area on Sonoma Valley Drive and turn right onto Mt. Holly Road. 

There is roughly 15-20 seconds before another leaves the area along Sonoma Valley.

Detectives and Officers have made repeated attempts to obtain the Cedar Mill neighborhood surveillance footage. 

Contact has been made with the HOA president and the Cedar Mill property management personnel. Was told the cameras are operable but at this time no one has been able to view or access the system. 

On 8/5/2025 the management company advised the cameras were offline at the time of this incident.

Officers have been in contact with Kevin and Kalil via text message on several occasions to see if there was any new information that they have gathered. Both have responded but advised there was no new information. 

Kalil advised he has had no contact with "Kevin". On 7/31/2025 at roughly 5:00 a.m., an unknown suspect kicked in the victim's Kevin Linton's front door at 11125 Northlake Landing Drive (2025-0731-0459-00). Kevin and Kalil both advised they do not believe the two incidents are related.

On 8/4/2025 at around 10:20 a.m., Tonya Caldwell called and requested we meet with her son Samarie to discuss the incident. She stated she would bring her 25-year-old son, Samarie, to the office on 8/6/2025 at around 2:00 p.m.

On 8/5/2025 the discharged cartridge casings item numbers #12 (.223) and #16 (9mm) were entered into IBIS/NIBIN.

On 8/6/2025 at around 1:45 p.m., Caldwell and Samarie arrived at the North Division Office to speak with me. We entered into interview room at the North Division Office. Samarie explained to me what had occurred. He stated he was with Kevin and briefly met Kalil at the QT nearby. Samarie advised they then drove over to the park to smoke. 

After few minutes white vehicle drove by and began to shoot at them. Samarie advised he got out of the driver seat and began to seek cover by his vehicle. 

At this time Kevin was struck and got out of the driver side. Samarie advised he grabbed his rifle from the back seat and returned fire. After the shooting Samarie stated he drove Kevin and Kalil away from the scene but could only make it so far as his vehicle began

inoperable. 

I began to research Kevin who Kalil advised he was supposed to fight at the park at or around the time of the shooting. 

Kevin Stewart 9/26/2004 is associated to the phone number of which was given by Kalil and Tonya Caldwell (Samarie's mother). The address Kalil picked up Bremiah is 430 Knothole Lane and the

address for Kevin Stewart 9/26/2004. 

The shooting location is also the location where Kalil and Kevin were

supposed to fight which was prearranged and within the time frame for the shooting. The shooting location is also within the same neighborhood as Kevin's residence.

Based on the totality of the circumstances, request warrants on Kevin Stewart 9/26/2004 for attempted first degree murder x3, shooting into an occupied vehicle 5x, injury to personal property, and felony conspiracy.