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A man has died from his injuries after police found him with gunshot wounds a short distance away from a vehicle they believe he crashed.
It happened early Thursday morning along the 4400-block of Tillman Road. Officers were called out just before 1 a.m. Thursday.
When they got on scene, officers found a man, later identified as 22-year-old Darius Antonio Fuller, with a gunshot wound a "a short distance away from a vehicle that had appeared to be involved in a motor vehicle accident."
Investigators believe Fuller was in the vehicle when it crashed.
A Charlotte woman has been charged in connection with the July 22 wreck in southwest Charlotte that killed a man, police say.
Lola Porter, 22, was arrested Tuesday afternoon, after she was released from Carolinas Medical Center, police said. Porter was hospitalized after the crash, which took place about 1:35 a.m. July 22 in the 13800 block of Brown-Grier Road, near Sandy Porter Road.
Christopher Gerard Turner, 43, was killed in the single-vehicle wreck.
he Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says Vincent Bernard Johnson was driving a 2006 Suzuki Motorcycle south on N. Wendover Road in the left lane towards the intersection of Marvin Road. Ronald Eugene Hoey was driving a 2004 Cadillac Deville on N. Wendover Road. Hoey was stopped in the left turn to make a left onto Marvin Road. At this point, CMPD says, Hoey made his turn and Johnson entered the intersection causing both vehicles to collide.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police charged a woman with misdemeanor death by vehicle in a multi-vehicle crash which left a motorcyclist dead and two major streets closed Saturday morning.
The crash happened at the intersection of Wendover and Providence Roads in the Cotswold neighborhood.
Police say Susan Kyle Brown was trying to turn left on to Providence Road when she hit James Junior Johnson, who was driving the motorcycle.
Johnson died at the scene. Police say Brown's BMW and another truck she hit had to move so emergency responders could reach Johnson.
A roadside memorial grew Wednesday morning on Old Statesville Road, scene of a single-vehicle wreck Tuesday that killed a 4-month-old girl.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the infant was not in a child seat and was being held by a passenger in the back seat, and they accuse the driver of speeding and DWI.
A 25-year-old man is dead after the vehicle he was riding in was hit from behind in southeast Charlotte on Sunday evening.
Early Monday morning, Charlotte police identified the man as Barnette White, Jr.
According to police, White was thrown from a 1999 Toyota 4 Runner after it was hit from behind while turning onto Independence Boulevard near Village Lake Drive. This is along the 7200-block of Independence.
Officers say the wreck occurred around 7:21 p.m.