Teenager killed in Charlotte played on Harding’s championship-winning football team

A teenager was found with a gunshot wound in southwest Charlotte early Sunday, and another teen has been charged with murder in connection with the case, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.

Jamie Bright, 18, was pronounced dead at a house in the 1500 block of Clanton Road, near Clanton Park, police said.

Jermarion David Pernell Worthy, 17, was still at the scene when police arrived, according to a CMPD press release. He was charged with murder within hours of Bright’s death.

Police said Bright and Worthy apparently knew each other.

Bright was a member of Harding University High School’s state championship-winning 2017 football team, according to multiple local news reports. The team won Harding’s first state title in football since 1953.

He would have been a senior this fall, according to MaxPreps.com.

This story was originally published July 15, 2018 at 3:06 PM.