Homicide discovered when police do 2 a.m. welfare check on W. Tyvola Road, CMPD says

A welfare check at 2 a.m. led police to a homicide victim along West Tyvola Road in Charlotte, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.

The man had been identified as 33-year-old Frankie Chaparro, Jr. CMPD said.

It happened Tuesday, Dec. 19, in the 3900 block, a residential area about one mile north of Billy Graham Parkway.

“Officers discovered a victim with a gunshot wound. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers pronounced the victim deceased on the scene,” police said in a news release.

The man’s body was found “at an apartment complex” near Perimeter Pointe Parkway, according to the Observer’s news partner WSOC.

Details of a suspect have not been released.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call CMPD’s Homicide Unit at 704-432-TIPS and speak directly to a detective. Anonymous tips can be given to Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600 or http://charlottecrimestoppers.com/.

This story was originally published December 19, 2023 at 5:30 AM.