CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police have charged a gunman after two men were killed and another was seriously injured in a shooting at a southeast Charlotte apartment complex in July.
Nico Benn, 24, has been charged with two counts of murder, assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill inflicting serious injury and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The shooting happened just before 1 a.m. on July 14 at an apartment complex on Electra Lane, off Idlewild Road near Independence Boulevard.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said when officers got to the apartment complex, they found three men with gunshot wounds outside one of the buildings.
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Officials said two of the men died at the scene. Police identified them as 33-year-old Gerardo Arellano-Sanchez and 31-year-old Miguel Angel Molina Cruz.
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MEDIC transported the third victim to the hospital with serious injuries.
Police have not said what led to the shooting.
CMPD Major Allen Rutledge told Channel 9 police have few problems with that area and it is typically a quiet neighborhood.
"Talking to the lieutenant, they have very few problems out here. They don't have a lot of issues at this apartment complex," Rutledge said.
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