One person dead after overnight shooting in south Charlotte, CMPD says

CHARLOTTE — One person is dead after an overnight shooting on Sunday in south Charlotte, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.

Officers said they responded to a shooting on Farthington Circle around 2 a.m.

Officers from the Steele Creek division found a man with an apparent gunshot wound lying outside near the Ashford Place Apartments when they arrived.

MEDIC pronounced the victim dead at the scene.

The victim was later identified as 33-year-old Joseph Odarkoe Tetteh.

Channel 9 was at the scene where there was still a police presence before detectives started to clear around 6:30 a.m.

The police report shows four other cars were damaged during the shooting.

Police have not released the name of any suspects in the case, but the person would be charged with murder, damage to real property, and discharging weapon into occupied property.

We are asking CMPD for more information on the nature of the homicide.

Check back on wsoctv.com for more information.

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