Shooting of Cherryville man now a homicide case
A Cherryville man shot in the head on Monday, May 3, has died, and police upgraded the charges against the suspect in the shooting to first-degree murder on Friday, according to court records.
Rhonschoci Markee Flack Jr., 24, of 2573 Crab Apple Trail, Denver, died Tuesday, May 4, from his injuries at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, according to Cherryville Police.
Kendra Adaire Odums, 22, who lives at 218 Heather Lane, had been in Gaston County Jail without bond since the shooting on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill. Police upgraded the charge to first-degree murder on Friday morning.
Police say a Cherryville woman shot a man in the head late Monday.
Officers were called to apartment 7A at 218 Heather Lane, located within the Cherrywood apartment complex, in Cherryville at 10:35 p.m. Monday in reference to a shooting.
Officers found a man - identified as 24-year-old Rhonschoci Markee Flack Jr., according to an arrest warrant for Odums - suffering from a gunshot wound to his head.
Flack was transported to CaroMont Regional Medical Center, then transferred to Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, where he remains listed in critical condition, according to Cherryville Police.
Police charged Kendra Adaire Odums, 22, who lives at 218 Heather Lane, with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill.