Two homicides reported in Charlotte within one hour
December 23, 2020 GMT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Two men were shot and killed within one hour of each other on opposite sides of North Carolina’s largest city, according to police.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Wednesday that officers were dispatched to a location near McAlway Road on the city’s south side around 10:05 p.m. Tuesday. Upon arrival, they found a man with a gunshot wound. The man, identified as Laquintin Marquis McManus, 24, was taken to a hospital where he died.
At 10:55 p.m., officers responding to a call found a man with a gunshot wound near the junction of Interstates 85 and 77 in north Charlotte. Police said Cinquay Jamario Farrer, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency personnel.
The teenager was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
About 50 minutes earlier, police responded to a shooting in southeast Charlotte.
CMPD is investigating their second homicide of the night on McAlway Rd and on Fairbrook Dr.@WBTV Newspic.twitter.com/Vau1iedY5F Taylor Simpson WBTV (@TaylorSimpsonTV) December 23, 2020
A man had been shot in the area of McAlway Road. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
No other information was provided.
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Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call 704-432-TIPS and speak directly to a Homicide Unit detective.