A mural in memory of Iryna Zarutska was painted at the Taoh Outdoor Gallery in Charlotte following her killing in 2025. KHADEJEH NIKOUYEH Knikouyeh@charlotteobserver.com A state House committee…
Read more NC House delays hearing with Charlotte leaders to ask courts about Zarutska caseCMPD detectives suspect the fatal shooting occurred on Interstate 77 near Remount Road, but did not release details. Street View image from Dec. 2025. © 2025 Google Interstate…
Read more Gunfire erupts on I-77 near Remount Road, leaving one dead and two woundedDetectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit are conducting a death investigation in the 2000 block of Oakdale Road in northwest Charlotte. Street View image from Nov.…
Read more Charlotte structure fire reveals a body, CMPD says. Investigation underwaySycamore Taproom will temporarily close Jan. 5 to “allow space for processing, healing and beginning the work of reimagining this community space,“ owner Sarah Taylor said in a…
Read more Sycamore plans closure to begin ‘reimagining this community space’ in CharlotteThree women face charges after a 6-year-old girl died in east Charlotte. Mecklenburg Trial Court Administrator’s Office Three women have been charged in the death of a 6-year-old…
Read more Three women charged after girl died in ‘extremely unkempt’ Charlotte homeMEDIC ambulance was summoned to the 3400 block of Queen City Drive for a patient in cardiac arrest. The road is a strip of hotels along Interstate 85.…
Read more Juvenile dies in middle of the night prompting police investigation, CMPD saysThe assault happened around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 23 in the 2400 block of Booker Avenue, CMPD said in a news release. Street View image from Sept. 2022.…
Read more Fatal stabbing investigated in Charlotte residential neighborhood, CMPD saysThe shootings happened around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, in the 800 block of Farmhurst Drive. The neighborhood is near the intersection of Interstate 77 and Nation’s Ford…
Read more Two teens found fatally shot miles apart are tied to same ‘incident,’ CMPD saysThe Charlotte Area Transit System released a letter Wednesday answering a list of questions about Friday’s stabbing on the Blue Line, including about people banned from transit. KHADEJEH…
Read more Charlotte transit CEO says it’s ‘not a best practice’ to put security on every trainThe two shootings happened in the 4800 block of Wallingford Street, which is just off Woodlawn Road, maps show. Street View image from Oct. 2025. © 2025 Google…
Read more This block off Woodlawn Road just had its second homicide in 6 weeks, CMPD saysMary Collins Mia Alderman A woman charged in connection with a brutal, five-year-old Charlotte homicide can remain free despite repeated violations of her court-ordered electronic ankle monitoring, a…
Read more Woman charged in connection with Charlotte homicide can remain free, judge rulesThe Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Major Gene Lim speaks during a news conference Wednesday announcing new public safety initiatives in Uptown. Nick Sullivan nsullivan@charlotteobserver.com Charlotte will beef up its…
Read more Perceptions about uptown Charlotte crime prompt CMPD focus on minor offensesMia Alderman points to a cross backlit with sunlight on a portrait painted of her granddaughter, Mary Collins, in Charlotte on Sept. 24. Collins was fatally stabbed in…
Read more Family of Charlotte woman stabbed 133 times angry, distraught over no trials