CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Friday morning in northwest Charlotte.
Shortly after 5:48 a.m., officers responded to an assault with a deadly weapon with injury call for service on Philadelphia Court.
At the scene, officers located a man, later identified as 26-year-old Herbert Eaton, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
He was taken by medic to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
The investigation into this shooting is active and ongoing.