CHARLOTTE — Authorities are investigating after a man was found dead in east Charlotte Monday morning, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police
CMPD said a homicide investigation was underway on Merry Oaks Road off Central Avenue before 6:30 a.m.
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Police told Channel 9 they were called to an apartment complex around 5:30 a.m. where a man, later identified as Wayne Lawson Byrd, 34, was found shot.
MEDIC pronounced him dead at the scene.
No arrests have been made.
This is a developing story. Check wsoctv.com for updates.
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