CHARLOTTE — A homicide investigation is being conducted Monday night at a 7-Eleven in north Charlotte, police said.
Investigators believe James Tyler Brooks, 28, was inside the store shortly before 7 p.m. on Old Statesville Road, walked out and was shot several times near the door.
Brooks died at the scene, police said.
The gas station near West W.T. Harris Boulevard.
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“It does appear this is not a random act of violence,” CMPD Maj. Brad Koch said. “He was targeted. We’re still trying to figure out why he was targeted in such an act of violence.”
Crime scene tape had much of the parking lot and gas pumps roped off. Shell casings littered the ground where Brooks was shot.
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No arrests have been made.
No further information has been released.
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