CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police were investigating an overnight homicide after they said a man was stabbed to death in north Charlotte.
Emergency crews were called to a gas station on North Tryon Street at Dalton Avenue around 3:30 a.m. When they arrived, officers found 38-year-old Dawayne Odom suffering from stab wounds.
Police did not immediately know if he was shot or stabbed.
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Odom was rushed to Carolinas Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
CMPD charged Kevin Hedgepeth, 45, was arrested and charged with murder, CMPD said.
Police told Channel 9 it stemmed from an altercation in the gas station parking lot.
CMPD is looking for a man who was in the store because they said he could be a possible witness. (Pictured below)
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