CHARLOTTE — A woman has been charged in connection with the death of a 42-year-old man who drove himself to a gas station after being shot Monday night in northeast Charlotte, police said.
According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, someone found Lester Acevedo in his car around 11:20 p.m. at a Shell gas station on Sugar Creek Road near Reagan Drive.
Investigators think someone shot Acevedo on Merlane Drive, a few blocks away from the gas station.
Acevedo was taken to a hospital but did not survive.
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On Wednesday, police said they were looking for a woman in connection with the crime, calling her a “person of interest.”
On Friday, CMPD said they had found and arrested that woman, 20-year-old Lazaria Hamilton, and charged her with accessory after the fact of murder.
No other arrests have been made and no suspect information has been released.
Anyone with information should call 704-432-TIPS or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
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