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Man accused of shooting 2 people at west Charlotte business, leaving one dead

CHARLOTTE — Police have arrested a man accused of shooting two people at a west Charlotte business, leaving one of them dead.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have charged 29-year-old Hubert Wilkinson with murder, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflict serious injury.

At the end of June, officers responded to a business on Tuckaseegee Road where they found two people shot inside.

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Police said 44-year-old Lawrence Crank died at the scene. Another victim was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

During the course of the investigation, Wilkinson was named a suspect. CMPD’s Violent Crime Apprehension Team arrested him on Friday.

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