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Charlotte's 43rd homicide of 2019 under investigation after south Charlotte shooting

CMPD said an argument in the restaurant escalated to a man being killed in the parking lot Monday night.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man was shot and killed after a dispute at a restaurant on South Boulevard Monday night, police said. 

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police were called to the Lempira Restaurant just north of Archdale Drive around 11 p.m. When officers got to the scene, 40-year-old Domingo Venancio-Tapia was found shot outside the restaurant. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Medic. 

Detectives believe the victim was shot just after walking outside the restaurant. 

17-year-old Gerardo Lagunes and 18-year-old Juan Deras Escalante have been charged for the murder of Venancio-Tapia, according to CMPD. 

Officials say Escalante was arrested from a SWAT situation.

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