Crime & Safety
Cop Tried To Save Life Of Man Fatally Shot In Truck
The off-duty police officer heard the shots at the south Charlotte apartment complex and performed CPR on the victim who died on the scene.

CHARLOTTE, NC — Charlotte police have launched a homicide investigation after a 23-year-old man was shot and killed inside the cab of a pickup truck in the parking lot of a south Charlotte apartment complex Monday night.
The shooting occurred shortly after 8 p.m. Sept. 17 in the Beacon Hill Apartment complex located in the 1400 block of Beacon Hill Road.
An off-duty Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer who was at the complex heard multiple shots fired and found the victim — identified as Pedro Fabricio Diaz-Paz— shot inside a pickup. The officer attempted to render aid to the victim by performing CPR but was not successful, and Diaz-Paz was pronounced dead on the scene.
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CMPD asks that anyone who may have information about this incident call 704-432-TIPS and ask to speak with a homicide detective, or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
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