Two Homicide Investigations Underway Following Separate Shootings

CHARLOTTE, NC — Two men are dead and one victim left injured following two separate and fatal shootings in Charlotte, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

According to a police report, officers responded to a call reporting an assault with a deadly weapon shortly before 6 p.m. in the 2700 block of Tuckaseegee Road.

"When they arrived, they located a male victim with an apparent gunshot wound inside a business on Tuckaseegee Road" CMPD said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers also found a second gunshot victim inside the business, who was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Hours later, shortly before midnight, police received a report of a shooting near the 9100 block of Trinity Road, where responding officers found a man who had been shot.

The victim, who was later identified as Channing Liston Byers, 34, who was pronounced dead at the scene, CMPD said.

CMPD said that anyone with information about either of these cases is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.