CHARLOTTE — The man accused in a double homicide in northwest Charlotte is now behind bars at the Mecklenburg County Jail.
Earlier this month, officers arrested Alvara Ozuna Sierra in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
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Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department claim he shot and killed 54-year-olds Pankaj and Anilkumar Patel on Oct. 2 at the old site of Old Lamplighter Inn in northwest Charlotte.
Channel 9 is asking what led up to the violence.
Sierra is expected to face a judge this morning.
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