CHARLOTTE — Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department have identified the victim of a homicide in east Charlotte.
Early Thursday morning, police got a call from a hospital in Cabarrus County for a patient that had shown up with a gunshot wound. Hospital staff told officers that the shooting was on Hood Road in east Charlotte.
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Detectives were sent to Hood Road to investigate the scene.
Later on, law enforcement learned the victim, 26-year-old Koreon Medina, had died at the hospital from his injuries.
After the investigation, police identified the suspect as a 17-year-old, and got warrants for their arrest.
CMPD didn’t say if the teen was in custody as of Friday.
This is a developing story; check back at wsoctv.com for updates.
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