Suspect faces charges in 2014 drug-related killing of Charlotte man
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said they plan to charge a federal inmate in Kentucky with murder in a 2014 drug-related fatal shooting in north Charlotte.
Anthony Antoine Byers, 38, was shot on June 29, 2014, in a home in the 2100 block of Lincoln Heights Court, north of LaSalle Street. Byers died at Carolinas Medical Center.
Police said they interviewed the suspect, 24-year-old Ajenee Semuell Forte, at U.S. Penitentiary-Big Sandy in Inez, Ky. That’s a high-security prison where Forte is in custody on unrelated charges. He was scheduled to be released from the prison in 2019, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said they will charge Forte with murder and attempted armed robbery once he is released from federal custody.
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This story was originally published January 28, 2017 at 1:17 PM with the headline "Suspect faces charges in 2014 drug-related killing of Charlotte man."