CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A homicide was under investigation near uptown Charlotte on Christmas Eve, police said.
It happened around 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 1500 block of N. Tryon St.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police blocked off the road in front of 7-Eleven to investigate.
CMPD said the incident started as a confrontation inside the store that ended up outside between a man and a contract worker for 7-Eleven.
Police said the man was rushed to a local hospital where he later died. He was identified as 63-year-old George Agee Jr. The contract worker had non-life-threatening injuries.
CMPD said they were not looking for any suspects.
This was the 108th homicide in the Queen City in 2019.
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