CHARLOTTE — Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s homicide unit said on Tuesday they have classified a shooting that occurred on April 18 in west Charlotte as a justified homicide. The incident resulted in the death of 24-year-old Zaquez Blakley.
Officers responded to a call about a shooting into an occupied dwelling on the 2300 block of Dundeen Street at 8:45 p.m.
When police arrived, they found that two people had been exchanging gunfire, and a bullet had struck at least one home. No one at the home was injured.
The Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office has consulted with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s homicide unit. The District Attorney’s Office concurs with the decision not to charge anyone in this case.
The investigation into this case is active and ongoing.
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