CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man has died after a shooting in north Charlotte Friday evening.
Medic said it happened around 10:30 p.m. along Hoover Drive, just off Nevin Road and near Gibbon Road. The victim, who was later identified as 26-year-old James Chambers III, was declared dead at the scene by paramedics.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department confirmed the scene was being investigated as a homicide.
On Saturday, police said they arrested a suspect in the case. The suspect was identified as 29-year-old Zacharias Lowery.
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