Monroe police arrest man weeks after shooting victim dies at hospital

MONROE, N.C. — Monroe police have arrested a man weeks after they said a shooting victim died after showing up at a local hospital.

Officers responded to Union Atrium at around 8 a.m. on Aug. 8 where they found 25-year-old Desha Franklin being treated for a gunshot wound. Franklin was flown to a hospital in Charlotte, where they died.

Investigators determined the shooting happened on South Johnson Street near Maple Street.

On Monday, Monroe police were able to obtain warrants on Lamont Dontae Parham for Franklin’s murder. Parham was found and arrested at a relative’s home and taken to the Union County Jail where warrants for first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a felon, and discharging a firearm inside the city limits were served.

No other information about the shooting has been released.

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