CHARLOTTE — A man was killed in a shooting early Tuesday morning in north Charlotte, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Police said they were investigating a homicide in the 900 block of West Sugar Creek Rd. Channel 9 saw police and crime scene investigators at the Evoke Living at Sugar Creek Apartments around 3 a.m.
CMPD did not immediately provide any details on a suspect or a motive for the killing.
This shooting is the second time in less than a year that gun violence has taken a life at this apartment complex. One neighbor told Channel 9′s Eli Brand that the latest shooting was outside of his parents’ door.
“I’m not going to lie to you, that’s it, I’m moving out. I’m moving to another place,” that man said.
During Monday night’s city council meeting, CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings revealed that the number of killings this year has already surpassed both 2021 and 2023 in their entirety.
Jennings said added context is needed, though. He says when the rapidly growing population in the Queen City is accounted for, homicides and overall violent crime per 100,000 people are actually down year over year.
“We battle perception just as much as we battle the reality of what the objective numbers say. We’re in an era today where news is immediate,” Jennings said.
For the people who lived through the shooting Tuesday morning, they say a change is still needed.
“I have a little brother. I have two little brothers. He can’t even come outside to try and take the trash out,” one neighbor said. “You just never know when you come outside. And that violence at your door, I don’t appreciate it.”
Jennings said that the rate of solved homicides is higher in Charlotte than the national average.
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