CHARLOTTE — Channel 9 is learning more about the woman who was killed at a northwest Charlotte bank Friday morning.
At the base of a tree near the scene where Ina Lang, 50, was shot and killed, a memorial has been left for her.
Lang was a wife, mother of five and a hard working woman. Her husband of eight years told Channel 9 that she worked for Bank of America for almost 20 years. He has no idea why she was killed, but he thinks she might have been out back of the branch on a smoke break when she was attacked.
Police arrested 22-year-old Sam’on Smith and charged him with first-degree murder in the case. George Wise is his uncle.
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“My sister told me that the police was surrounding the house and she needed me over there,” Wise said.
Smith doesn’t have much of a criminal footprint in North Carolina. He has been issued two citations: one for traffic and the other for carrying a concealed weapon. He was not arrested in either case.
“He’s never been the type of dude that be on the block or out there banging,” said Wise. “He just a good dude, you know?”
Lang’s loved ones would take issue with that. As far as they’re concerned, their loved one was killed for nothing.
They believe this world has lost a bright light, a woman who loved helping others.
Lang’s family is devastated by this tragedy. Her husband, who didn’t want to speak on camera, told Channel 9 he wants answers as to why this happened.
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