Weekend Homicides Spark Multiple Murder Investigations

CHARLOTTE, NC — Charlotte police are investigating three weekend homicides that took the lives of two men and a woman in separate crimes, and investigators say one arrest has been made.

Before dawn Saturday, police responded to the 14000 block on Conlan Circle in Ballantyne around 2 a.m., and found a man shot in the parking lot near Blue Olive Lounge. The victim, who was identified by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police as Jermain Travis Stuckey, 44, was pronounced dead on the scene.

Less than 30 mins later, shortly after 2:30 a.m., police received a call regarding an assault with a deadly weapon in the 400 block of Honeywood Avenue in northwest Charlotte. Responding officers found a woman had been stabbed to death.

The victim, identified Tracy Lavette Hudson-Glenn, 48, knew her attacker, according to police, who have made an arrest in the case. Leigh McDaniel, Jr., 45, was arrested at the scene and charged with murder.

Sunday evening, police responded to a deadly weapon call for service around 7 p.m. in the 1200 block of Saratoga Drive in northwest Charlotte, where they located a man with a gunshot wound. The victim was identified as Tunji Smith Jr., 19, and was pronounced dead on the scene, according to CMPD.

All three homicide cases remain open and are actively being investigated, according to CMPD, which asks that anyone with information about any of the incidents call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

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