CMPD addresses homicide total as 2020 becomes deadliest year in Charlotteâs history CMPD investigating 123 homicides in 2020 By WBTV Web Staff | December 29, 2020 at 5:04 PM EST - Updated December 30 at 6:51 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The end of 2020 is a heavy one for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department while they investigate 123 homicides, a record number of killings for the city in a single year. CMPD is reminding the community the number represents 123 lives lost to violent crime in Charlotte in 2020, leaving hundreds of families mourning and a countless number of lives changed forever. It paints a painful and tragic picture of the level of fatal violence in the city.