Police making a welfare check find a gunshot victim at a Charlotte gas station
Police responding to a request to check on someone’s welfare found a gunshot victim at a Charlotte gas station late Friday.
Officers were called to the 1500 block of North Tryon Street, where they found the victim with a gunshot wound, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department news release on Saturday.
Later Saturday, police identified the victim as 30-year-old Cornell Williams and announced the arrest of 32-year-old Demario Jamal Maye Wilson on charges of murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. Wilson was arrested without incident, according to CMPD.
Medic pronounced Williams dead, police said.
TV station footage showed Medic and police vehicles at an Exxon station.
Police said they responded to the scene at about 9:15 p.m.
CMPD urged anyone with information about the shooting to call the homicide unit at 704-432-8477 or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
This is a developing story.
This story was originally published November 13, 2021 at 10:00 AM.