3 killed in separate areas of Charlotte on Saturday, police say

Police are investigating a homicide on Saturday that involves two locations in the city, including in the 5600 block of North Graham Street..

Police are investigating a homicide on Saturday that involves two locations in the city, including in the 5600 block of North Graham Street..

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Officers are investigating three unrelated killings in separate areas of Charlotte on Saturday, including two within 15 minutes of each other, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said.

The first homicide occurred just before 2 a.m. in the 1300 block of Wembley Drive in east Charlotte. MEDIC pronounced the person dead, police said. CMPD released no other details, including the type of weapon involved.

Just after 4:45 p.m., police found a person with multiple gunshot wounds after responding to a call of a shooting in the 5600 block of North Graham Street, CMPD said in a news release.

MEDIC pronounced the person dead at the scene, police said.

Just after 5 p.m., police found a person with a gunshot wound in the 100 block of Park Fairfax Drive, CMPD said. That’s off Freedom Drive in west Charlotte.

MEDIC also pronounced the person dead on scene.

Police didn’t say whether they have suspects in the killings. They also haven’t named those who were killed or released their ages, saying only that they were “males.”

CMPD urged anyone with information about the shootings to call the homicide unit at 704-432-8477 or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tips line at 704-334-1600.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said two of the shootings were related.

This is a developing story.

This story was originally published October 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM.

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