Suspect arrested after homicide in west Charlotte

CHARLOTTE — A suspect has been arrested after a deadly shooting Sunday in west Charlotte.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said 37-year-old Aaron Remont Thompson was killed in a shooting along Caronia Street. It happened shortly after 1 p.m. at a townhome community.

According to an affidavit, the 911 caller said they found Thompson shot inside a car. Responding detectives found Thompson in the backseat shot several times.

A Channel 9 crew could see a large police presence at the scene. Witnesses told Channel 9′s Glenn Counts they were certain another man had been shot and left the scene. CMPD hadn’t talked to that man yet because of his injuries.

On Monday, a suspect had been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, according to Mecklenburg County jail records. The suspect was identified as Marcus Watson of Augusta, Georgia.

Detectives discovered the gunshots had come from the front passenger seat and then from outside into the backseat area, according to the affidavit. They also found paperwork in the car that had Watson’s name.

Later, detectives found surveillance video that showed two people leaving the scene. One dropped a gun on the ground and picked it back up.

Investigators learned someone was admitted to the hospital after being shot in his left arm, and they were able to determine he was the same person holding the gun in the surveillance video.

That helped authorities determine that man, Marcus Watson, was the suspected gunman.

Counts talked to a family member shortly after the shooting.

“It’s just kind of hurt me all this killing and stuff going on it needs to go on and stop I mean it don’t make no sense, it really don’t make no sense,” Anthony Fee said.

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