CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police are looking for a gunman on the run after they said a man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a north Charlotte gas station Sunday evening.
Officers responded to the shooting just after 6:30 p.m. outside the Shell gas station on Mallard Creek Road.
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When they got to the gas station, police found the victim, 36-year-old Patrick Alston. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Channel 9 was the first local news station at the gas station, where the entire area was roped off with crime scene tape.
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Alston's death marked Charlotte's 11th homicide investigation this month.
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Police haven't released any information about the suspected shooter.
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