Charlotte police say two suspects in 2016 murder are both dead

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says two suspects it has identified in a 2016 murder are both dead.

Adrian Potts was shot and killed just before 3 a.m. in the 4000 block of Collegiate Avenue near Interstate 485 in June 2016.

(Adrian Potts)

Now, police say Ferguson Laurent Jr. and Anthony Eugene Gill were responsible.

Laurent died in June 2017 in a controversial Salisbury officer-involved shooting.

(Ferguson Laurent Jr.)

An SBI investigation later cleared the officer after it determined Laurent shot at him first while the officer tried to execute a "no-knock" warrant.

Gill died in August in a shooting in the 200 block of South Church Street in Salisbury.

Two Bloods gang members were arrested in Gill's murder.

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