Charlotte Police Searching For Suspect Wanted In North Charlotte Homicide

CHARLOTTE, NC -- Police have charged one suspect and are asking for the public’s help in their search for another who they say is wanted for the murder of a 22-year-old man last week in North Charlotte.

On Aug. 24, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police received a call that a man had been shot in the 5400 block of Windy Valley Drive. Once on the scene, paramedics pronounced De’Monte RaShawn Perkins, 22, dead. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news in Charlotte — or other neighborhoods. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)

Three days later, CMPD detectives arrested Jacobe Levone Walker, 24, and charged him with murder, attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Police are now searching for Darius Jordan Perry, 19, who they say is also a suspect in Perkins’ murder.

Perry is considered armed and dangerous, CMPD said.

CMPD detectives have launched an investigation, and ask that anyone with information contact 704-432-TIPS and ask to speak to Detective Peden.

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