CHARLOTTE — A Dilworth business owner said he shared surveillance footage to help Charlotte-Mecklenburg police identify a suspect accused of randomly attacking a woman along East Boulevard in Dilworth.
“It’s very disturbing,” said Paper Skyscraper owner Bill Godwin.
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Channel 9’s Miana Massey spoke with Godwin who turned over surveillance video to help track down a suspect accused of randomly attacking a woman down the block from his store.
Diquan Hunt randomly punched a woman, police said, as she walked along East Boulevard at Euclid Avenue on the morning of July 30, appearing to knock her out.
She was badly hurt.
Hunt appears to have filmed the attack himself and then posted multiple videos to Instagram.
Godwin said he spoke with the victim’s family Thursday night, expressing his condolences. He said she is recovering.
His surveillance video showed Hunt walking past the store moments before it happened.
“There are a lot of local businesses up and down East Boulevard and have been for decades,” Godwin said. “As it happened, everyone was just willing to share and help out to help bring this situation to a close.”
Channel 9 looked into Hunt’s past charges and convictions and found several other violent cases—the most recent in December 2025.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department took Hunt into custody Thursday night.
He has been involuntarily committed for mental health issues. He will face a charge of assault with a deadly weapon after receiving treatment.
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