2nd suspect ID'd in connection with Charlotte's 60th homicide

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police arrested Jacobe Walker in connection with a fatal shooting that happened in northwest Charlotte Thursday afternoon.

It was the city’s 60th homicide of the year.

Later, police identified Darius Jordan Perry, 19, as a suspect in the homicide. Police have not located him as of Aug. 29.

Detectives have not released a motive and are still investigating the killing that took place in the 5400 block of Windy Valley Drive.

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Investigators were at the scene Thursday for nearly four hours.

Police said De'monte Perkins died at the scene.

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Channel 9 saw several officers holding long rifles and the K-9 unit during the investigation.

Police said they received the call around 5 p.m. in a neighborhood not far from Rozelles Ferry Road. Several homeowners had to park and walk to get around the crime scene.

“Too many guns are on the street. That's No. 1,” said neighbor Tyrone Clegg. “You've got to get them off the street.”

"First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers go out to the families," CMPD Capt. Chris Dozier said.

There have been 37 arrests connected to the 60 homicides, he said.

Fifteen of the slayings are domestic-related, nine are connected to drugs and nine are the result of robberies.

Eleven homicides are the result of arguments and 16 cases are for unknown reasons.

"No, no there definitely (is) no deterrence, not that we're seeing," Cheryl Jones, with Courtwatch, said.

Courtwatch is a group comprised of volunteers go down to the courthouse and keeps tabs on cases and suspects.

Jones said most of the people entering the system consider it a joke.

"To be real honest with you, I do not see it getting any better anytime soon," she said.

Police believe social media plays a role in the violence.

"’Hey, this person said this about you. This is what I heard,’ and it upsets them, so their response they retweet,” Dozier said. They put it out, it exponentially escalates way more than 15 to 20 years ago."

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