CHARLOTTE — A 27-year-old man has been charged in connection with the murder of a Charlotte DJ that happened on March 5, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police announced on Tuesday.
James Freiberg, 48, was shot and killed after he was struck by a stray bullet in a shootout at an apartment complex on Hillgrove Lane off Steele Creek Road.
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Witnesses said a dispute in the parking lot led to the exchange of gunfire.
Michael Anthony Cornwell Jr. was charged with first-degree murder and is in the Mecklenburg County Jail.
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