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Man charged with murder of man found shot to death outside Panera Bread

CMPD said the victim, identified as 31-year-old Demarco Trayvon Pegues, was found inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound. The car was parked near a Panera Bread inside the Whitehall Commons Shopping Plaza.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have charged a man with the murder of a 31-year-old man in southwest Charlotte.

Jeffrey Javon Boggs, 24, is charged with murder in connection with the death of 31-year-old Demarco Trayvon Pegues. Pegues was found shot to death inside a vehicle outside a Panera Bread in the 8100 block of South Tryon Street just before noon Thursday.

Detectives located Boggs at a hotel on Lucky Penny Street in Charlotte after obtaining a warrant for his arrest in connection with the shooting. CMPD hasn't determined the motive for Pegue's shooting, but investigators say the suspect and victim knew each other.

Credit: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
Jeffrey Javon Boggs

"Highly unusual for this area, very quiet complex from a police standpoint a crime standpoint," said Major Gerald Smith with CMPD.

Medic pronounced Pegues dead at the scene. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

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