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CMPD arrest suspect connected to northwest Charlotte homicide

CMPD said one person has died. Police also investigated two other deadly shootings in Charlotte over the weekend.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating a death in northwest Charlotte. It happened in the area of the 7100 block of Red Bud Circle Sunday night.  

CMPD announced just before 8 p.m. that a homicide investigation was underway.

Shortly before 7 p.m. on Sunday, officers responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call in the 7100 block of Red Bud Circle. When officers arrived, they found a juvenile male with a gunshot wound. He was later identified as 17-year-old Sharrieff Jones Jr. 

Jones was taken to Atrium CMC, where he was pronounced dead. Details surrounding the investigation are limited at this time. 

On Dec. 18, CMPD arrested Deontae Eddings, 18, in connection with this incident. Eddings has been charged with second-degree murder.

Credit: CMPD
Deontae Eddings mugshot

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call 704-432-TIPS or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

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CMPD has investigated two other deadly shootings in Charlotte this weekend.

First, CMPD responded to Andover Creek Drive in south Charlotte around 7:20 p.m. Saturday after reports that a firearm was discharged. A man was found at the scene with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at the scene. 

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Then hours later, police were conducting a traffic stop when officers heard several gunshots. When they located the source of the shots, officers found a man who had been shot. He was pronounced dead on the scene by the medic shortly after.

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