STATESVILLE, N.C. — A homicide investigation is underway after a man’s body was discovered at a homeless camp in Statesville, police said.
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Officers responded to a call after someone heard shots being fired Tuesday afternoon off Highway 140 near Exit 148.
George Charles Henry White III, 68, was charged with the murder of 55-year-old Allen Bruce Alexander.
The two, who knew each other, got into a dispute, which led to the homicide.
It’s Statesville’s fourth homicide in 2020.
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