Man found dead in Charlotte parking lot on Saturday. Someone shot him, cops say.
A man found dead in a Charlotte parking lot Saturday morning had been fatally shot, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said in reporting the city’s 62nd homicide of the year.
Police found the victim with a gunshot wound at about 6 a.m. in the 6200 block of Balsam Fir Drive, according to a CMPD news release. The location is off Albemarle Road in east Charlotte.
Saturday night, police identified the victim as 25-year-old Rahim Martin-Byrd. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene, police said.
Police have not said if they have a suspect, describing the investigation only as “active and ongoing.”
Anyone with information is asked to call the CMPD homicide unit at 704-432-8477 or anonymously on the Crime Stoppers line at 704-334-1600.
This is a developing story.
This story was originally published July 18, 2020 at 9:52 AM.