Charlotte career criminal records himself punching woman in unprovoked attack, posting to social media: police
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Video Charlotte assault suspect faced prior violence charges before video surfaced Police said they identified Di-Quan Schafar Hunt as the suspect in the July 30 assault after reviewing social media video. County records list nine prior arrests, including assault-related charges.
A North Carolina man accused of punching a woman in a Charlotte sidewalk attack and allegedly posting video of the encounter on social media had been arrested at least nine times since 2023, records show.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said 32-year-old Di-Quan Schafar Hunt was arrested Thursday after officers responding to an attempt-to-locate call were shown a social media account containing videos detectives had already been investigating.
Officers determined one video depicted an assault reported July 30 in the 400 block of East Boulevard in the Providence Division. Police said the suspect punched a woman on a sidewalk before fleeing.
Hunt was taken to a local medical facility for treatment, police said. After his release, he will be transferred to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office and charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
Di-Quan Hunt has been arrested at least nine times since 2023, according to Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office records. (Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office)
The victim was taken to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Fox News Digital reviewed videos posted to the social media account. One appeared to show a woman being chased until she took cover behind a vehicle. A comment from the account read, "Ahhhh feels GOOD!!!"
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Another video shows the person filming confronting a woman before the camera jolts and the sound of an apparent punch can be heard. The woman is then shown on the ground as the person behind the camera continues to taunt her and appears to strike her again.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested Di-Quan Hunt on Thursday after he allegedly assaulted a woman and posted video of it to social media. (WJZY)
It was not immediately clear whether either clip was the video police tied to the July 30 assault, whether the women in the footage had been identified or whether detectives are investigating the other videos as potential crimes.
CMPD said its investigation remains active and asked anyone with information about incidents connected to the social media account or its videos to contact Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
An aerial view of the skyline of downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, on Oct. 12, 2023. (Omar Vega/Getty Images)
Mecklenburg County arrest records show Hunt was arrested at least nine times between October 2023 and December 2025.
Most recently, a December 2025 arrest record lists charges of assault with a deadly weapon, communicating threats, second-degree trespass and two counts of carrying a concealed weapon. The booking entry does not describe the underlying allegations or identify an alleged victim.
Records also list a September 2025 simple-assault charge and a March 2025 charge of assault on a female. In 2024, Hunt was arrested in cases involving alleged violations of a domestic-violence protective order, breaking or entering and injury to personal property.
Records show he is a felon with at least six additional misdemeanor convictions in Mecklenburg County.
The records also list a felony charge of malicious conduct by a prisoner and a resisting-a-public-officer charge . The available booking records do not state the outcomes of the cases, and charges are not convictions.
Greg Wehner is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering U.S. news and crime, with a focus on breaking developments, law enforcement, public safety and major stories shaping communities across the country.
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