Police investigating deadly shooting near South End
An investigation into an overdose death became a homicide case after the victim was found with gunshot wounds near South End in southwest Charlotte.
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The investigation began around 7 p.m. on Fairwood Avenue near South Tryon Street, right by popular South End spots Suffolk Punch and RSVP South End.
CMPD says they responded to the scene for an overdose call for service. When police got there, they found a man with life-threatening injuries.
It was only at the hospital that first responders found the gunshot wound. Doctors pronounced him dead at the hospital.
At the scene in South End, veteran crime reporter Glenn Counts spoke to one resident who said off-camera she tried to give the victim CPR and didn’t realize he was shot; MEDIC discovered the gunshot wound after getting him to the hospital.
”They are transported because of the symptoms they see and then you find a gunshot wound that has done traumatic injury, but when it’s called in as an overdose and that’s what it appears to be and it could have been an overdose it’s not too usual,” CMPD Major J.D. Thomas told Counts.
Thomas explained that it’s not uncommon for gunshot wounds to not have a lot of blood, which in turn makes them harder to spot.
CMPD has not made an arrest in this case and is asking anyone with information to come forward.
Details are limited at this time.
This is a developing story; check back at wsoctv.com for updates.
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