Charlotte Sees Increased Murder Rate in 2017
CMPD says 85 people were killed last year. That's compared to 69 in 2016.
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CMPD says 85 people were killed last year. That's compared to 69 in 2016.
Authorities in suburban Denver were investigating what led a 37-year-old man to fire more than 100 rounds in his apartment on sheriff’s deputies, killing one and injuring four others. Two civilians were also injured.
When Veronica was raped more than 13 years ago, she says neither the police nor the hospital staff believed her story that a longtime friend attacked her while his mother was in the next room.
No arrests so far after vandals hit a northwest Charlotte cemetery. They damaged dozens of tombstones inside the Salem Church Cemetery.
Cleveland County Sheriff's Office, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, McDowell County Sheriff's Office, and the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted numerous search warrants and arrest warrants stemming from a six-month investigation of a methamphetamine drug trafficking case.
A bizarre crime out of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, after police found thousands of doses of heroin, a gun and human teeth on a man during a shoplifting investigation.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide attack in Kabul. At least 41 people were killed, and 80 wounded.
Detectives with the CMPD’s Homicide Unit are conducting an officer involved shooting investigation that occurred at Wendover Road and Monroe Road in the Providence Division.
Sometimes when solving crimes, it's gotta be the shoes.
A Charlotte family is still seeking answers after the murder of their daughter. 30-year-old Kelli Owens was found dead in her apartment 10 years ago Wednesday. It's a case that's led CMPD detectives on twist and turns, with no conclusions.
A murder suspect on the loose. Police are searching for a Charlotte woman accused of murdering a man whose body was found in Gaston County.
A trooper who was hurt trying to pull over a reckless driver is expected to be okay. State troopers tell WCCB there's still no sign of the Honda Civic that sped past him on I-85 Monday.
Lincoln County deputies say they executed a search warrant at a residence on Hull-McGinnis Road that led to multiple drug arrests.
Police say a bicyclist was struck and killed by a vehicle Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Johnston Road and Pineville-Matthews Road.
Police are looking for a man who robbed a Statesville bank Friday evening.
According to the CMPD, Sydney Ellis turned himself into police Thursday afternoon.
Police are investigating a homicide after a body was found in a Gastonia neighborhood Friday afternoon.
TSA officers prevented a North Carolina woman from bringing a loaded handgun on board a plane at a Charlotte Douglas International Airport checkpoint Friday.
Lancaster County Sheriff’s deputies were reportedly dispatched to a home where a shooting occurred Thursday night.
CMPD is investigating an overnight homicide in University City.
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