Woman charged with murder after man was found dead in northeast Charlotte, police say
A man was killed in northeast Charlotte early Sunday, and a woman he knew has been charged in his death, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police news releases.
The victim was identified as 28-year-old Luis Felipe Ramirez-Flores.
Heather Nicole Ricci, 29, is charged with murder. She entered the Mecklenburg County Jail Sunday afternoon, according to jail records.
Police say the victim was shot during a domestic incident at an apartment on Tara Lane, east of Interstate 85’s interchange with Sugar Creek Road.
Police and Medic responded to the scene around 6:30 a.m., where the victim was pronounced dead.
So far, 2019 has been an unusually deadly year for Charlotte. By the end of February, CMPD had investigated 25 killings, and the victims knew their killers in 19 of those cases, according to CMPD Chief Kerr Putney.
This story was originally published March 10, 2019 at 3:44 PM.
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