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CHARLOTTE, NC – Police identify 19-year-old Jose Cuestas as the victim in a Sunset Boulevard shooting. Cuestas died in the hospital overnight.Β Witnesses say he was shot in the head outside a car at the Prime Time Car Wash Friday.
“Well I heard three shots. Soon as I came down the block, the man was laying on the ground,” says witness Fashon Ramsey.Β Ramsey says it happened as he was getting off a nearby bus.Β “It’s pointless. It’s just backwards,” he says.
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Tonight, friends are leaving messages for Cuestas on Facebook. One reads “Wow I can’t believe this. You were so funny and had everyone laughing and you kept a smile on your face.”Β Another reads in part.. “I’m sorry you had to leave early.. (you’re) in a better place.”
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Cuestas does have an arrest record though in Mecklenburg County. In 2013, he was charged with breaking and or entering, larceny, and possession of stolen goods.
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Police say they believe the Cuestas and the suspect may have known each other.Β
