CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police are continuing to investigate after a family member found a man dead in his home off Columbus Circle in west Charlotte Thursday.
Channel 9 saw family members holding each other for support.
Police had to assist some grieving loved ones who came to the crime scene looking for answers.
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Neighbors tell Channel 9 the man who lived at this house on Columbus Circle was well-known and respected.
News that he was found apparently killed in his home touched a nerve with neighbor Ronald Moore.
"All I kept saying, repeating in my head, 'that could have been me that could have been me.' You know so close to home," neighbor Ronald Moore said.
Moore didn't know the man who lived and died just a few doors down. But he didn't expect something like that to happen so close to his home.
"A couple of deep breaths, dropped down to my knees prayed to my higher power," Moore said.
Police call the neighborhood, "a neighborhood in transition."
They said they have made positive strides fighting crime here.
They spoke with loved ones who arrived on the scene early.
Officers told Channel 9 it's going to take help from the community to solve this crime.
"Early part of the investigation, but this is the part of the investigation where any kind of tip no matter how small they think it is can really help us out and get us going," Capt. J.D. Thomas, CMPD, said.
The victim's name hasn't been released.