CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One person was shot and killed in northeast Charlotte Wednesday morning, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police announced.
CMPD responded to a 911 call for a person on the ground near the intersection of Dalphon Jones Drive and Katherine Kiker Road, near the Back Creek Greenway, shortly after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
When officers got to the scene, they found the victim, 20-year-old David Lavell Manning, dead on the sidewalk from a gunshot wound. The case is being investigated as a homicide, Maj. Brian Foley said. Investigators spent a few hours searching the area for witnesses and speaking to neighbors about what they saw around the time of the shooting.
No arrests have been announced in connection with the case.
Anyone with information about this case or any other incident is asked to call Charlotte Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600. Witnesses may also call 704-432-TIPS to speak directly with homicide detectives. All calls are anonymous.
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