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CMPD arrests suspect in University City apartment shooting

A 22-year-old man was shot and killed in a University City apartment complex Tuesday night, police said.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police has arrested the man they say shot and killed 22-year-old Kendric Washington in a University City apartment last week.

George Ivan Hayes, 25, has been arrested and charged with his murder. Hayes was arrested Monday morning without incident.

CMPD was called to a reported shooting in the 8900 block of Avebury Drive near Old Concord Road and East W.T. Harris Boulevard around 8:30 p.m. When officers got to the scene, they found a man in the common area of an apartment complex with a gunshot wound.

The victim, identified was Kendric Washington, 22, was pronounced dead at the scene. Homicide detectives spent several hours searching the area for potential witnesses to the shooting.

No arrests have been made and CMPD has not released any suspect information. Anyone with information about this shooting or any other incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

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