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Police: Man found shot to death in parking lot in south Charlotte

South Charlotte Conway Avenue homicide

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police are investigating the city’s latest homicide after a man was shot and killed in south Charlotte early Saturday morning.

It happened just after 2 a.m. on Conway Avenue, south of Scaleybark Road behind several businesses along South Boulevard.

Officers responded after receiving reports of shots fired in the area. When they got there, officers found 35-year-old Jonquil Thompson with a gunshot wound in a parking lot. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities have not said what led up to the shooting and so far, no arrests have been made.

This is Charlotte’s 86th homicide this year.

No other information has been released.

This is an ongoing investigation. Check back with wsoctv.com for updates.

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