CMPD

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says it’s keeping an eye on local security as next week’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden inches closer.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says it will be sending officers to Washington, D.C., to help with security for the Jan. 20 inauguration of Joe Biden as president.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Chief Johnny Jennings reviewed the 2020 crime report Thursday, which found that property crime was down, while violent crime went up.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the 2020 homicide tally has hit 123, an all-time high. Lt. Bryan Crum of the violent crime division said at a Wednesday news conference that the previous record — 122 homicides — was set in 1993.

Two teenagers are Charlotte’s latest homicide victims in 2020: 16-year-old Katherine Roxana Lopez Cruz and 13-year-old Michelle Avila Robles.

The Mount Holly police officer who was killed in the line of duty has been identified as Tyler Avery Herndon, he had been an officer with the Mount Holly Police Department for less than two years. The State Bureau of Investigation is conducting an investigation after Herndon was killed and at least one other person was injured this morning in a shooting at Mount Holly Car Wash.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings said he has tested positive for COVID-19. Jennings tweeted that he quarantined at home after he suspected he had been exposed to the virus.

A CMPD officer was placed on paid administrative leave after a shootout on Sunday left a robbery suspect wounded, officials said.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police released a one-minute video Friday showing some of the gunfire in a mass shooting that killed four people on Beatties Ford Road in June. Officials say they've identified at least 10 guns that were fired in the early morning of June 22 but don't yet have suspects.

Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings and his department are grappling with a rise in homicides and the "reimagining" of law enforcement.