CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte police officers found a man dead with a gunshot wound in a residential area of southwest Charlotte on Sunday morning.
It happened around 2:30 a.m. on Douglas Drive in the Steele Creek area.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating the death. The investigation is active and ongoing.
The victim was identified as 21-year-old Bryan Miller Eakin. His next of kin has been notified of his death.
Anyone with information about this death is asked to call 704-432-TIPS and speak directly to a homicide unit detective. The public can also leave information anonymously by contacting Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
This investigation comes on the heels of a shooting in west Charlotte on Rocklake Drive, north of I-85. Medic took one person took a hospital with life-threatening injuries after that shooting.
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