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CMPD identifies southeast Charlotte homicide victim

A witness told police they found a young man who had been shot. Officers found 18-year-old Jarele Blackson dead from gunshot to the head.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An 18-year-old man was shot and killed in southeast Charlotte Wednesday afternoon, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said. 

According to CMPD, officers were called to a reported shooting in the 6100 block of East Independence Boulevard around 3 p.m. A witness who called police said they saw a young man in his late teens or early 20s who had been shot in a parking lot. When officers got to the area, they found 18-year-old Jarele Martez Blackson dead from a gunshot to the head. 

Blackson's death is being investigated as Charlotte's 72nd homicide of 2020. 

CMPD said information about a suspect vehicle is being corroborated at this time. No further details on a possible suspect were available.  

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call CMPD and speak to a homicide unit detective. Additionally, anyone with information can anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

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