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One person has died after a shooting Monday night, CMPD confirmed. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating a homicide in the University City area. Police said one person has died. It happened Monday night in the 6000 block of Bennettsville Lane, which is near Mallard Creek Road.…

YORK COUNTY, S.C. — A death investigation is underway after a person was found dead in the woods behind a BP gas station on Charlotte Highway in Clover, South Carolina. York County Sheriff’s deputies were on the scene for a few hours Monday evening.…

Dajuan Blair will spend over 12 years in prison after being convicted of sex trafficking an underage girl. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal judge sentenced a man to over 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to causing a child to engage in prostitution.…

Four men are facing charges in connection with the killing of a man at his apartment in Concord last month. CONCORD, N.C. — Four men were arrested in connection with the shooting of two people at an apartment complex in Concord last month, police said. …

Two people were seriously hurt in a pair of shootings believed to be connected, Medic said. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two people were seriously injured in multiple connected shootings in north Charlotte Monday afternoon, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said.  CMPD was called to a reported shooting in the 1300 block of Beatties Ford Road, near Oaklawn Avenue, around 2 p.m.…