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Man arrested in connection to Charlotte woman shot and killed in her home in 2021

The suspect was charged with murder and discharge of a firearm into occupied property, according to police.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man was arrested Thursday in the death of a college student who was shot and killed in her home on Memorial Day in 2021, officers said.

On May 31, 2021, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded a shooting call on Twin Brook Drive in north Charlotte where they found 21-year-old Sherlyn Drew was shot and killed in her home.

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On Thursday, police arrested 20-year-old Kymani David Bishop without incident. Bishop was then transferred into the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office, police said,

Bishop is charged with murder and discharge of a firearm into occupied property, according to police.

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