CMPD charges man in deadly shooting near east Charlotte strip mall

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police have made an arrest following a deadly shooting near an east Charlotte strip mall Monday morning.

Emmanuel Desmond Collins was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon and was charged with the murder of 52-year-old Jessie Hurley.

The shooting happened just before 11:30 a.m. near a strip mall off East WT Harris Road, near Lawyers Road and Old Lawyers Road.

When investigators got there, they said they found Hurley, who had been shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Channel 9 was there and could see officers putting up crime scene tape in the parking lot as others combed the area for evidence.

Collins was charged with first-degree murder and is in jail. He will make his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon.