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Huntersville police are offering a reward of up to $14,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the 2014 killing of Peter Jordan.

Jordan was 19 when someone shot and killed him in The Landings at Northcross Apartments on Feb. 19 of that year, police said.

The apartments are on Landings Drive, off Sam Furr Road (N.C. 73) and Interstate 77 exit 25 in the Birkdale area.

Jordan lived in Cornelius and was visiting friends at the apartment complex, The Charlotte Observer reported at the time. His death was Huntersville’s first homicide in more than two years.

Police: Killer or killers knew Jordan

A 911 caller in the apartment where Jordan died reported that the fatal bullet was fired through the caller’s front door by assailants who sped away in a black, newer model Chevy Impala, according to an edited tape of the call released to the Observer by police after a public records request.

Months after Jordan‘s death, police said they believed the shooting wasn’t a random crime.

“Evidence suggests the killer or killers were known to Peter Jordan,” Huntersville police Lt. Andrew Dempski told the Observer at the time.

“Our investigation has revealed that drugs could have played a part, but that the circumstances surrounding those drugs and what part it could have played is unknown,” Dempski said.

Before a 2017 race/walk fundraiser in her son’s memory, Carolyn Averill said she hoped the event would bring awareness to the community that her son’s death remained unsolved.

“The story about my son’s murder needs to stay in the minds of our community,” Averill told the Observer in an email.

The reward was upped from $10,000. Police urge anyone with information about the case to call Huntersville police Detective Torey Hardy at 704-464-5400.

This story was originally published February 21, 2026 at 8:46 AM.