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Concord man arrested, accused of fatally shooting his brother

Mario Sanchez-Mata was arrested and charged with second-degree murder as well as discharging a weapon into an occupied property.

CONCORD, N.C. — A Concord man has been arrested and accused of killing his brother, according to the Concord Police Department.

Concord Police responded to Plantation Road Northwest for a welfare check on Aug. 3 around 12:30 a.m. The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office told police that 29-year-old Mario Sanchez-Mata told deputies he killed his brother. Around 12:40 a.m., emergency communications received a call from someone at the home saying her boyfriend had died.

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Concord Police officers at the scene found Jose Sanchez-Mata, 33, who had been fatally shot.  

Mario Sanchez-Mata was arrested and charged with second-degree murder as well as discharging a weapon into an occupied property. He is under a $1,000,000 bond at the Cabarrus County Jail.

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