CHARLOTTE — Homicide detectives are investigating a shooting death in southeast Charlotte Thursday morning.
Police were called around 7:30 a.m. to the scene on McGregor Drive, near Lawyers Road and Interstate 485.
We’ve learned one person has died. Police tell me the shooter is in custody and the area is safe. @wsoctv
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Police found the victim, Michael James Deseve, 48, in the driveway and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
Officers told Channel 9 that the shooter, John Michael Odea, 36, was found in the backyard with a gun nearby. Police were able to de-escalate the situation and Odea was taken into custody.
Odea was charged with murder.
Circumstances surrounding the city’s latest homicide have not been released yet as detectives continue to investigate.
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