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Man found on busy Charlotte street Saturday has died. Someone shot him, police say.

A man found with a gunshot wound on a busy northeast Charlotte street early Saturday has died, police said.

Later Saturday, police identified the victim as 38-year-old Lamar Kyle Weathers. Pubic records show Weathers lived in Charlotte.

Weathers was found just after midnight near the 6400 block of North Tryon Street, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police news release. He had been shot, police said.

Medic responders pronounced Weathers dead at the scene, according to CMPD.

Police haven’t said if they have a suspect and if they know what led to the shooting.

CMPD urged anyone with information about the shooting to call homicide unit Detective Christian Sinnott at 704-432-8477 or anonymously on the Crime Stoppers tip line, 704-334-1600.

This is a developing story.

This story was originally published July 16, 2022 at 9:01 AM.

Joe Marusak
The Charlotte Observer
Joe Marusak has been a reporter for The Charlotte Observer since 1989 covering the people, municipalities and major news events of the region, and was a news bureau editor for the paper. He currently reports on breaking news. Support my work with a digital subscription
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