CHARLOTTE — Officers in Charlotte responded to two homicides over the Christmas weekend.
CMPD responded to an assist MEDIC call on the 2900 block of Beard Road in northeast Charlotte shortly before 8 a.m. on Christmas Day.
Police said Henry Omar Benitez-Martinez, 30, was found seriously hurt and died at the hospital.
On Christmas Eve, someone was shot and killed at about 4 a.m. at the Marriott on the 2200 block of Rexford Road in south Charlotte.
The victim was 32-year-old Wilmer Ulises Olivas-Alvarez.
Danny Earl McGowan was charged with murder, possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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