CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have arrested a 29-year-old man in connection with a double shooting that happened early Tuesday morning in east Charlotte. The incident left one man dead and a woman critically injured.
CMPD officers responded to Albemarle Road just before 1:45 a.m. on September 16 after receiving a call about an assault with a deadly weapon.
When officers arrived, they found a 35-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to Novant Health Presbyterian Main, where he died shortly after arrival. A second victim, a woman, was also found nearby with a gunshot wound to the head. She remains in critical condition at Atrium Health Main, according to Mecklenburg County records.
According to court documents, witnesses said they