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âNo one deserved that:â family member of transgender woman killed in Charlotte calls for acceptance, equality Family, friends remember Remy Fennell By Courtney Cole | April 16, 2021 at 11:19 PM EDT - Updated April 16 at 11:19 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Two transgender women were killed in the past two weeks, both families are grieving and frustrated that their lives were taken. The first homicide happened at the Quality Inn off Queen City Drive on April 4. The woman, in this case, was identified as 29-year-old Jaida Peterson. The second was reported April 15 at the Sleep Inn on North Tryon Street. Police identified the woman as 28-year-old Remy Fennell. ....
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. ....
By Mark Starling One Dead In Asheville Homicide (Asheville, NC) The Asheville Police Department is investigating its first homicide of the year. Officers say a man died after he was shot in the Southern Street apartment complex near the Livingston community on Thursday morning. The search is on for suspects. WLOS-TV reports six people have been shot in the city so far in 2021. Rezoning For Henderson County Asphalt Plant Denied (Henderson County, NC) A Henderson County community isn t backing off its opposition to a proposed asphalt plant. A group of people in East Flat Rock has pushed back against two proposals from Southeastern Asphalt, which is seeking to build a new plant off Spartanburg Highway. The county s planning board turned down a rezoning request last night, which would have allowed construction. The recommendation will now pass to the county commission for a final decision. ....
WCCB Charlotte s CW April 16, 2021 The Latest: 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. ....