Police arrest two in connection with a murder in University City
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police arrested and charged two men with the murder of Lamar McNeil, who was found shot Tuesday.
On Thursday and Friday, police officers located and arrested 26-year-old Joshua McClain and 27-year-old Darian Huffman, respectively, officials said.
Both men were interviewed by detectives and subsequently transferred to the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office. Both men were charged with murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, police said.
Police said they found McNeil, 43, with a gunshot wound in an apartment in University City on Tuesday evening. The shooting occurred in the 2100 block of Wit Way, which is in the College Downs area near East W.T. Harris Boulevard, officials said.
McNeil was taken to the hospital and later pronounced deceased, officials said. McNeil’s death marks the 18th homicide of the year in Charlotte.
Loved ones of McNeil posted on Facebook mourning his death.
“One of my biggest role models. LaMar McNeil showed me from a young age, that there was more to life. From the way he lived it, his lyrically inclined way of speaking about it, to the way he dressed, in it..,” one friend wrote.
This story was originally published March 12, 2020 at 1:57 PM.
