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Police identify man killed during domestic assault in south Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Detectives are conducting a death investigation Friday morning in south Charlotte, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

Officers responded before 4 a.m. to a home on Mountainview Drive, off Sardis Road after someone called 911 to report a domestic assault.

When paramedics arrived, they found a man unconscious inside the home. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police have identified him as 59-year-old Joseph Grosjean.

CMPD Maj. Mike Campagna said the death was a domestic situation and that detectives were interviewing family members to figure out what happened.

He said all indications are that Grosjean died as a result of an altercation between family members in the house.

Campagna told Channel 9 that police are not looking for a suspect and that nobody else was injured.

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