Three dead, two wounded in shootings across Charlotte Sunday, CMPD says
In one of the deadliest days so far this year in Charlotte, police responded to three homicides Sunday, including one involving a woman found dead in a hotel room.
In all, five people were shot at three different locations, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said.
The first occurred just before 1 p.m. Sunday in the 1500 block of Catherine Simmons Avenue in the Lincoln Heights community, the second at 2:10 p.m. in the 71100 block of Snow Lane and the third occurred around 8:30 p.m. at 710 Yorkmont Road, police said in a series of press releases.
- In the shooting on Catherine Simmons Avenue in north Charlotte, police found 40-year-old Daimeon Terrell Johnson with a gunshot wound, and he was later pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.
- On Snow Lane, just east of East W.T. Harris, police say they arrived to find a man and woman both shot. The woman, 21-year-old Shalecia Shav’ea Williams was pronounced dead at Atrium Health’s Carolina’s Medical Center, police said. The man is being treated for non-life threatening wounds, police said, and his name was not released.
- In the third homicide case, police have identified the victim as Tyrena Inman, 30, who was found dead Sunday at Extended Stay America at 710 Yorkmont Road, near Billy Graham Parkway, say police.
Investigators say they were called to the hotel at 8:25 p.m. Sunday and arrived to find a man and woman both suffering from gunshot wounds. Inman, who was found inside a hotel room, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said in a release.
The name of the man found with her has not been released. MEDIC took him to Atrium Health’s Carolina’s Medical Center where he is being treated for a non-life-threatening injury, police said in a press release.
By 3 p.m. Monday, police made arrests in two of the homicides and identified a person of interest in the third case, Capt. Chris Dozier said.
Reco Lamont Perry Jr., 23, was charged with murder in connection with Williams’ death, and 18-year-old Beyonce Rorie was charged with accessory after the fact, police said.
Police arrested Anthony Qashawn Walker, 26, and charged him with murder in connection with Johnson’s death, police said.
He didn’t name the person of interest in Inman’s killing.
Anyone with information on the cases is asked to call 704-432-8477 or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
This story was originally published April 29, 2019 at 8:09 AM with the headline "Three dead, two wounded in shootings across Charlotte Sunday, CMPD says."