Homicide

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police on Monday held a press conference to discuss a growing problem: While property crime remained flat through June, violent crime saw an increase, especially homicides.

Deandre Hagler, 21, was shot and killed on Citiside Drive, near the Plaza, on Jan. 13. A 19-year-old man has been charged in Hagler's death, police said this week.

Crime statistics released by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division show the homicide rate jumped by 22% and aggravated assaults were up by 10%. There were 552 killings in 2020 compared to 452 in 2019.

Authorities are still searching for a motive behind a mass shooting that killed six people earlier this month in York County, South Carolina. While there are still more questions than answers, the shooter’s father told WCNC he believes football had a negative impact on his son. Could he have had CTE, a degenerative brain disease? One researcher is going to try to find out.

Union Academy Charter School held a special board meeting Thursday to explain how it’s handling security and background checks after a teacher died in a shootout that law officers say involved a stash-house robbery.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are telling members of the LGBTQ community to "exercise extreme caution" after two transgender women have been killed in the Charlotte area in the last 11 days.

A police officer and a suspect were killed in a shootout Wednesday night at a fast food restaurant in Concord that also injured a second officer.

CMPD is investigating two fatal shootings in west Charlotte since Thursday night.

Updated 4:43 p.m.Three members of a Huntersville family were killed in a shooting Friday morning in a neighborhood east of downtown.Huntersville police…

A fourth person has been charged in the 2016 South End robbery and murder of teacher Ruijuan Guo, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said Saturday.Ambrosia…