CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One person has died after a shooting just north of Uptown Charlotte, according to Mecklenburg EMS (MEDIC). The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating it as a homicide.
It happened on West Ninth Street not far from North Graham Street, near Pinewood Cemetery. CMPD responded to the area shortly after 3 p.m. and found a person who had been shot. The person, who has since been identified as Kenneth McKinnon, was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Friday, police confirmed that Demarques Arnez Carter, 27, was identified as a suspect and arrested. He has since been charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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