Afarsian Burns was settling into his new apartment in east Charlotte with his wife and two daughters Tuesday night.

They had just finished moving into a first-floor unit at Eagle Woods Apartments. But soon after heading to bed, the "pow-pow" of two gunshots and screams coming from the second-level breezeway sent his daughter running into his room.

"It sounded like it was happening right outside," Burns said. "I told my daughter, 'Get away from that door.' "

Later Tuesday night, police say, several men in a black Cadillac sedan dropped a shooting victim at Carolinas Medical Center-University and left immediately.

CMC called 911 about 9:35 p.m. to report the incident and rushed the man to the emergency room.

Police identified the man as Singbay Mulbah, 32, of Charlotte. He died at 9:49 p.m. of his wounds.

Detectives with Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are investigating the case and believe the victim might have been shot in the area of the Eagle Woods apartments.

Police spent much of Tuesday night at the apartment complex, off Farm Pond Lane slightly north of Albemarle Road.

Burns said investigators came to his door about 10:45 p.m., asked him questions and requested he stay inside while they examined the scene outside his apartment.

Much of the parking lot and the main entrance to the building where he lives were blocked with police tape, he said, forcing many residents and visitors to park around back.

According to television reports, a black Cadillac sedan was recovered early Wednesday, but police had not located anyone who was in the car and would not say where the car was found. Police did not respond to calls about the case.

On Wednesday afternoon, Burns reflected on the first day in his family's new apartment.

"The police told me it was a hell of a way to move in," he said.

Steven Norton: 704-358-5170