Two transgender sex workers found killed in Charlotte hotels weeks apart
Two transgender women shot and killed at hotels in Charlotte By WBTV Web Staff | April 15, 2021 at 6:24 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 7:40 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Police say two transgender sex workers have been found shot to death in hotel rooms in Charlotte weeks apart.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are urging caution and looking for more information after they say these two recent shootings could potentially be connected.
Since April 4, police have investigated the shooting deaths of two transgender women. Both women were sex workers and found shot in hotels.
CMPD spokesman Rob Tufano speaks at a news conference Thursday.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are telling members of the LGBTQ community to exercise extreme caution after two transgender women have been killed under similar circumstances in the Charlotte area in the last 11 days.
CMPD is not sure if the homicides are connected, but said both victims were transgender women operating as sex workers, and both were found shot to death in hotel rooms.
“Naturally, the assumption would be these have got to be connected, right? Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police spokesman Rob Tufano said Thursday in a news conference. We don’t know. We just flat-out do not know at this point, but they re consistent enough where we have circumstances and similarities that it’s gotten our attention. And it needs to get the attention of the community.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say they have arrested two men for the murders of two transgender women in Charlotte that occurred in the last two weeks.
Police say 21-year-old Dontarius Long and 33-year-old Joel Brewer have been identified as suspects in these homicides.
Dontarius Long
Brewer was arrested on Friday, April 16th and charged with two counts of murder, two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, according to police.
Detectives say Brewer is being held in custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office.
Two arrested after two transgender women found shot to death in Charlotte hotels
CMPD warns LGBTQ community after transgender women killed By WBTV Web Staff | April 15, 2021 at 6:24 PM EDT - Updated April 16 at 4:48 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police announced the arrest of two individuals in the homicides of two transgender women who were shot to death in hotel rooms less than two weeks apart.
Dontarius Long and Joel Brewer were arrested in Union County April 16, CMPD announced in a press conference later that same day. Dontarius Long (Source: Union County Sheriff s Department)
Both men have been charged with murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon.
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