Second suspect arrested for murder, robbery charges after 19-year-old’s death in west Charlotte

CHARLOTTE — A second suspect has been arrested for shooting and killing a 19-year-old man at an apartment complex in west Charlotte, police said.

Investigators with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department found a gunshot victim on July 5 at a complex on Camp Greene Street. The victim was identified as 19-year-old Yimere Joymer, and police investigators told Channel 9 that he died at the scene of the shooting.

Police said Demetrius Mason, 19, was arrested in Greensboro Thursday. Once he was in the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office, he was charged with murder, armed robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery.

Earlier in July, Nyquan Demartrice Marriner, 18, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

A police report stated that Marriner and Mason are accused of killing Joymer at the apartment complex. The report also said that Marriner and Mason conspired together to rob Joymer.

One neighbor at the apartment complex told Channel 9 that she saw Joymer’s body “covered, laying right in front of the doorstep” of a breezeway.

“There were enough gunshots that people within the building heard the shots being fired,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Maj. Brian Foley told Channel 9. “Complex management is working with us ... to provide some additional information, potentially video.”

Court records obtained by Channel 9 state that Marriner was on pretrial release for a firearms-related offense at the time that he was arrested for the murder charge. According to jail records, Marriner was arrested in February for robbery with a dangerous weapon, and his original bond for that charge was set at $30,000.

Marriner is currently being held in the Mecklenburg County jail without bond, according to records obtained by Channel 9.

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