by Kandiss Edwards
February 24, 2026
The altercation occurred throughout a scheduled court docket look tied to a movement to revoke Marion McKnight’s bond.
A Charlotte father was arrested after attacking the person accused of killing his teenage son contained in the Mecklenburg County Courthouse on Thursday, Feb. 19, an act that was caught on video.
Shaheem Snype, 47, faces a misdemeanor cost of assault inflicting critical harm.
Video of the incident depicts Snype working towards Marion McKnight, who’s charged within the killing of Snype’s 16-year-old son, Jamariyae Dixon, punching him a number of instances, after which knocking him to the bottom.
As soon as on the bottom, Snype is proven repeatedly kicking McKnight. The officer escorting McKnight tried to intervene and appeared to additionally fall to the bottom.
Authorities mentioned McKnight was transported to a hospital following the incident.
The altercation occurred throughout a scheduled court docket look tied to a movement to revoke McKnight’s bond, Queens Metropolis Information reported. Prosecutors had filed the movement at some point earlier. McKnight had been granted pretrial launch in November 2025 below circumstances that included digital monitoring and a $100,000 secured bond.
Dixon’s aunt, Susan Sherrill, informed Queen Metropolis Information that Snype “did what he needed to do as a father.”
She added, “Any father would’ve did the identical factor. We’re nonetheless grieving. This can be a wound that can by no means ever shut as a result of my nephew was 16 years outdated, and he ought to nonetheless be right here with us.”
McKnight’s lawyer, Mike Kabakoff, mentioned it “was probably the most violent assault I’ve seen in a courthouse in my 22 years as a lawyer. Any dad or mum can sympathize with the extraordinary grief of shedding a toddler, however the violence we noticed in court docket on Thursday was unacceptable.”
Jamariyae Dixon’s mom disagreed.
“My face smiled,” Lynette Dixon mentioned. “I smiled. That was the primary time I had an actual smile since my son been gone.”
Snype was launched later that day after posting a $1,000 bond.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police mentioned Jamariyae Dixon was shot on Could 23, 2025, on Stroud Park Courtroom and died 4 days later at Atrium Well being. Detectives recognized McKnight as a suspect and charged him with homicide.
The bond revocation listening to will likely be rescheduled as a result of incident.
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