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Police: Fourth Person Dies After Charlotte Mass Shooting

David Boraks
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WFAE
Four people were killed after a mass shooting at a block party on Beatties Ford Road on Monday.

Police say a fourth person has died after Monday morning's mass shooting in northwest Charlotte. 

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CMPD Deputy Chief Gerald Smith gives an update on the Beatties Ford Road mass shooting on Wednesday.

Dairyon Dejean Stevenson, 31, died at a local hospital Tuesday night, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Jamaa Keon Cassell, 39, 29-year-old Kelly Miller and 28-year-old Christopher Antonio "CJ" Gleaton died Monday. Police say Miller was struck by a car and that Cassell, Cleaton and Stevenson were all shot. In total, nine people were shot during the violence on Beatties Ford Road and five were hit by cars. 

Shots were fired just after 12:30 a.m. Monday in the 1800 block of Beatties Ford during a party on the street. Police said at least 400 people were at the block party when the shooting started and that more than 100 rounds were fired. As of Wednesday morning, no arrests had been announced. 

A crowd initially gathered on the street Friday for an unrelated Juneteenth celebration. Crowds gathered again nightly through Sunday, and police said there were about 400 people on the scene when shots rang out. Initially, police said, someone called 911 to report a person had been hit by a car. Video shows cars doing doughnuts on the street shortly before violence erupted. As an ambulance arrived, shots started ringing out. 

On Wednesday, Deputy Chief Gerald Smith said 181 shell casings were collected from the scene. 

"That's a lot of bullets," Smith said. "That's different types of guns. We can put it into two categories: handguns and assault rifles." 

Smith said police are processing the shell casings and have found some links to "other cases" in Charlotte. He said there were "multiple shooters." 

At least 20 people have provided anonymous tips, and Smith is asking for more people to come forward with any details -- even those that may seem insignificant. 

Smith called the violence "senseless" and had no information about a motive. 

"We're not looking at this as premeditated at this time," he said. "... We don't eliminate any possibilities, but right now there's no indication it was premeditated."  

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Dash joined WFAE as a digital editor for news and engagement in 2019. Before that, he was a reporter for the Savannah Morning News in Georgia, where he covered public safety and the military, among other topics. He also covered county government in Gaston County, North Carolina, for its local newspaper, the Gazette.
Sarah Delia is a Senior Producer for Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins. Sarah joined the WFAE news team in 2014. An Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist, Sarah has lived and told stories from Maine, New York, Indiana, Alabama, Virginia and North Carolina. Sarah received her B.A. in English and Art history from James Madison University, where she began her broadcast career at college radio station WXJM. Sarah has interned and worked at NPR in Washington DC, interned and freelanced for WNYC, and attended the Salt Institute for Radio Documentary Studies.