The Latest(3/7/19):
Detectives have charged 32-year-old Nicholas Beatty with the February 17th, 2019 murder of 28-year-old Ervin Kenneth Steward.
On March 7th, 2019, Beatty was located by police in Durham, North Carolina, where he was interviewed and charged with Murder and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
Original Story(2/17/19):
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating after a man was shot and killed in south Charlotte Sunday morning.
At about 1:39 a.m. on Sunday morning, CMPD officers responded to a call for service at a parking lot located in the 5400 block of Seventy Seven Center Drive.
Officers located a man suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was taken to Carolinas Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
An investigation determined that the shooting actually occurred in a parking lot located at 501 Minuet Lane, near Club Onyx.
Witnesses drove the victim a few blocks away to the parking lot where police located them.
The case is under investigation and detectives are interviewing witnesses. Further information will be released as it develops.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call 704-432-TIPS and speak directly to a Homicide Unit Detective. Detective Martin is the lead detective assigned to the case. The public can also call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600 .
