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Man Charged In East Boulevard Stabbing Death

MECKLENBURG COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Police have charged a suspect in a murder early Saturday in Charlotte. 

In a release, CMPD says Richard Bernard Grier, 55, is charged in the death of Andrew Tyrelle Allen, 32.  Police say Allen was found with multiple stab wounds after officers were called to a gas station in the 200 block of East Boulevard a little after 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Allen was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Grier was arrested near the scene of the fatal stabbing, according to CMPD.  He's being held in the Mecklenburg County Jail on a charge of first-degree murder. 

There’s no word on a motive in the killing. 

Mark Rumsey grew up in Kansas and got his first radio job at age 17 in the town of Abilene, where he announced easy-listening music played from vinyl record albums.