CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating its fourth homicide in less than 24 hours after someone was killed in the parking lot of Coyote Joe's in west Charlotte early Sunday morning.
According to CMPD, around 1:25 a.m., off-duty officers working in the 4600 block of Wilkinson Blvd. responded to the sound of shots fired in the parking lot. The officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound, who was pronounced dead at the scene by Medic.
A Queen City News photojournalist who went to the scene said it was in the parking lot of Coyote Joe's.
"This has been a particularly, and tragically, violent weekend in Charlotte with four homicides in less than four hours. That's four victims, that's four families who are grieving," Major Dave Johnson with CMPD said. "Know that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is working hard in every one of these cases to bring closure and bring justice to these families that are hurting and grieving this weekend over senseless, unnecessary violence. We won't rest and we won't stop until we find justice for these families and these victims."
The start to the violent weekend came early Saturday morning when officers responded to a deadly assault from blunt force trauma after an altercation on the 1300 block of Wembley Drive.
Then, around 5 p.m. on Saturday, CMPD said they were investigating two fatal shootings. One on the 5600 block of North Graham Street in northeast Charlotte and the other on the 100 block of Park Fairfax Drive in west Charlotte.
Anyone with information in any of these cases can call a CMPD detective at 704-432-8477 or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
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