CHARLOTTE — Officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department have made an arrest in connection to an armed robbery and carjacking in north Charlotte.
Police say it happened around 9:30 p.m. on May 19 along North Tryon Street.
After a thorough investigation, police were able to identify Daniel Snell as the suspect. He was arrested and charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon.
Before the carjacking, 16-year-old Joseph Samuel was shot and killed in a patch of woods a quarter mile away. Police say Snell was at that scene because Samuel was his cousin.
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According to court documents, officers recognized him from the shooting scene, and that helped them connect him to the carjacking.
Taquan Lewis was arrested in the deadly shooting.