CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One person is dead following a shooting overnight in east Charlotte, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
The department said it responded to reports of a shooting along East Independence Boulevard near Idlewild Road around 2:20 a.m. Sunday.
Police say they found Emmanuel Hagos Gebru, 31, at the scene with an inflicted gunshot wound. The department said Gebru was taken by MEDIC to the hospital where he died from his injuries.
On Tuesday, 24-year-old Azbel Cruz Castro was charged for Gebru's murder, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call 704-432-TIPS and speak directly to a Homicide Unit detective.